DROI0992-1 : Advanced EU Competition Law - Institutions, Enforcement and Procedure

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Study programmes 2011-2012

Last update : 14/06/2012

DROI0992-1

Advanced EU Competition Law - Institutions, Enforcement and Procedure

Duration :

30h Th

Number of credits :

Advanced Master in European Law		Toute l'année		3

Lecturer :

Nicolas Petit

Language(s) of instruction :

English language

Course contents :

European competition law is governed by complex institutional and procedural mechanisms, which are based on the intervention of specialized administrative authorities and jurisdictions (at the both national and European levels) with different modus operandi. In addition, these organs are in constant motion. The Commission's recent initiatives in the fields of private enforcement, settlements (transactions and commitments), regulation through sector inquiries, arbitration, etc. is likely to remould the entire enforcement system in place to date.
The course aims at (i) providing a panorama of the various organs entrusted with enforcement duties in the field of EU competition law ; (ii) describing the rules governing the decision-making process witin the Commission (procedural issues mainly) and (iii) examining the issue of the judicial remedies made available to private and natural persons before the European courts.

Learning outcomes of the course :

At the end of the course, students have acquired a thorough knowledge of a specific area of European competition law. In addition, students must write a paper on a specific subject about which they should, to pass the examination, develop scientific and critical thinking.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

The course is taught using a traditional method of ex cathedra teaching. However, the course is essentially participatory and requires personal readings and interventions during the oral course.

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :

Ex-cathedra + in-class discussions with the students