EU Competition Law
General data
Course ID: | 2200-1S059 |
Erasmus code / ISCED: |
10.0
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Course title: | EU Competition Law |
Name in Polish: | EU Competition Law |
Organizational unit: | Faculty of Law and Administration |
Course groups: |
(in Polish) Wykłady specjalizacyjne i konwersatoria dla IV roku studiów prawniczych (in Polish) Wykłady specjalizacyjne i konwersatoria dla V roku studiów prawniczych Module: European Union Internal Market |
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): |
(not available)
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Language: | English |
Type of course: | elective courses |
Prerequisites (description): | All law students are welcome. Students with EU-law background will find the subject easier. Students with background in domestic competition law, coming from EU member states, may find the subject reduntant as competition rules are largely similar between the EU and its member states. |
Mode: | Classroom |
Short description: |
The lecture concerns three subjects: prohibition of anti-competetive agreements (as well as concerted practices and decisions by associations of undertakings), prohibition of abuses of a dominant positions, and proceedings in these cases. |
Full description: |
– Terminology employed in competition law. – Competences of the European Commission and national competition authorities re EU competition law. – Anticompetitive agreements and methodology of their assessment applied by the European Commission and the European Courts. – Main types of the anticompetitive agreements. – Rule of reason. – Block exemptions and de minimis rule. – Dominant position. – Abuse of a dominant position and its assesment. – Remedies. – Proceedings before the Commission and leniency programme. – Private enforcement of EU competition rules. |
Bibliography: |
No compulsory reading. Optional: Fox & Gerard: EU Competition Law (for basic knowledge), Jones & Sufrin: EU Competition Law. |
Learning outcomes: |
Acquiring knowledge regarding EU rules on anti-competetive agreements, concerted pracitces and decisions by associations of undertakings, as well as abuses of a dominant position. Learing basic skills in clearing contracts and terms and conditions with regard to their compliance with competition law. |
Assessment methods and assessment criteria: |
Student's choice: writing a short essay or taking the exam |
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