Fines in Competition Law - European Institute of Public Administration

Colloquium
Fines in Competition Law
Luxembourg, 2-3 October 2014
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Seminar venue
EIPA Luxembourg
Building of the Chambre des Métiers
2 Circuit de la Foire Internationale
1347 Luxembourg
Introduction
Target group
This colloquium addresses lawyers, in-house counsels,
consultants, officials of the European Commission and
EU Courts, as well as other professionals practicing EU
competition law. It is also relevant for officials of national
competition authorities who intervene in procedures for
breach of national and/or EU competition law and who
are responsible for enforcement of competition rules.
Moreover, it is also of interest to members of national
judiciaries having jurisdiction for controlling administrative
decisions imposing fines.
Description
Fines for infringement of competition law have
dramatically risen in the last two decades, both at the EU
and national levels. Records are set one after the other: from
the Vitamins case (€435 million for one firm), to the Intel
case (more than €1 billion), and the one in the very recent
bank cartel (€1.7 billion). However, both practitioners and
academics feel a need for more transparency and legal
certainty as regards the methodology for setting the
amounts of fines. Moreover, the intensity and scope of the
judicial review, especially in light of the Strasbourg case
law, calls for further analysis and discussion.
Objectives
The objective of the colloquium is two-fold:
• firstly, to present a practical overview of the practice
of the European Commission and of some national
competition authorities regarding some sensitive
issues, such as the methodologies for setting the
amounts of the fines, the so-called ‘inability to pay’,
‘leniency’ and ‘settlement’ procedures;
• secondly, the seminar will provide useful tools and
advice to professionals in the litigation sector, who are
seeking responses from EU Courts on the validity of the
European Commission’s decisions, on imposing fines for
breach of EU competition law and on the intensity of the
judicial control, especially in view of unlimited
jurisdiction powers.
Learning methodology
Presentations, debates in panels, Q&A sessions and
exchange of experiences.
Programme
THURSDAY 2 OCTOBER 2014
17.30
End of the first day
17.45Cocktail
08.30
Registration
09.00
Welcome of the participants
FRIDAY 3 OCTOBER 2014
09.15
Introductory speeches
III. Judicial control: general principles
Chair: Marc Barennes
I. The Practice of the European Commission
Chair: Marc van der Woude
09.30 The 2006 Guidelines on the method of setting
fines: strengths, weaknesses, reform in
perspective?
Main topics discussed: sales value, duration,
infringement circumstances and inability to pay
Panellists:
• Cyril Ritter
• Marc Barennes
10:15
Discussion
11.00Coffee-break
09.15
Opening
09.30
Interim measures
Main topics discussed: procedure, urgency,
fumus boni iuris, bank guarantees
Panellists:
• Vivien Terrien
• Pierre Kirch
10.15
Discussion
11.00Coffee-break
11.30
Leniency and settlement
Main topics discussed: immunity, ‘amnesty plus’,
added value, settlement procedure
Panellists:
• Flavio Laina
• Eric Barbier de la Serre
11.15
12:15
Discussion
12.15
Control of the external validity
Main topics discussed: access to the file, rights of
defence, duration of the procedure(s), general
principles of law and the Charter of Fundamental
Rights of the EU
Panellists:
• Gwenael Muguet-Poullennec
• Michel Van Huffel
Discussion
13.00Lunch
13.00Lunch
II. Practices in the Member States
Chair: Ingrīda Labucka
IV. Judicial control: specific issues
Chair: Savvas Papasavvas (invited)
14.00 National reports
• Luxembourg practice
Pierre Rauchs
• British practice
Sheldon Mills
• French practice
Maxime Hauviller
14.00
Corporate group liabilities
Main topics discussed: liability, presumption of
control, joint liability
Panellists:
• Benjamin Cheynel
• Victor Luszcz
14.45
Discussion
14:45
Discussion
15.30Coffee-break
15.30Coffee-break
16.00
The European competition network
Main topics discussed: file allocation, efficiency
and weaknesses of cooperation tools, ne bis in
idem
Panellists:
• Mattia Melloni
• Philippe Corruble
16:45
Discussion
16.00
Unlimited jurisdiction
Main topics discussed: procedural
conditions, exercise, reformatio in peius
Panellists:
• Ludovic Bernardeau
• Silvère Lefèvre
16.45
Discussion
17.30
End of the colloquium
issues,
Speakers
Speakers
Savvas Papasavvas, President of Chamber at the General
Court of the European Union (invited)
Sheldon Mills, Senior Director, Market and Mergers
Directorate, Competition and Markets Authority, London
Cyril Ritter, Administrator, Unit A1-Antitrust policy and
case support, DG Competition, European Commission
Eric Barbier de la Serre, Lawyer, Jones Day, Paris and
Brussels, former head of Cabinet of the President of the
General Court of the European Union
Marc van der Woude, President of Chamber at the General
Court of the European Union
Ingrīda Labucka, Judge at the General Court of the
European Union
Pierre Rauchs, President of the Conseil de la concurrence,
Luxembourg
Flavio Laina, Head of Unit, Cartel Settlement Officer,
Leniency Officer, European Commission
Benjamin Cheynel, Legal Secretary at the Court of Justice
of the European Union
Marc Barennes, Legal Secretary at the General Court of
the European Union
Ludovic Bernardeau, Legal Secretary at the General Court
of the European Union
Philippe Corruble, Lawyer, Ince & Co, Professor at Hautes
études commerciales (HEC, Paris)
Pierre Kirch, Lawyer, Paul Hastings, Paris and Brussels
Co-organiser
Ludovic Bernardeau, Legal Secretary at the General
Court of the European Union, Visiting Expert at EIPA
Luxembourg - European Centre for Judges and Lawyers
Co-author with
Jean-Philippe Christienne of the book “Les amendes en
droit de la concurrence. Pratique décisionnelle et contrôle
juridictionnel du droit de l’Union”, published in 2013 by
larcier group.
Michel van Huffel, Legal Secretary at the General Court of
the European Union (subject to confirmation)
Silvère Lefèvre, Legal Secretary at the General Court of
the European Union
Viktor Luszcz, Legal Secretary at the General Court of the
European Union
Gwenael Muguet-Poullennec, Legal Secretary at the
General Court of the European Union (subject to
confirmation)
Vivien Terrien, Legal Secretary at the General Court of the
European Union
Maxime Hauviller, Legal Secretary at the Autorité de la
concurrence, Paris
Mattia Melloni, Member of the Conseil de la concurrence,
Luxembourg, former Legal Secretary at the General Court
of the European Union
European Centre for Judges and Lawyers,
European Institute of Public Administration
Tomasz Kramer, Lecturer, EIPA Luxembourg - European
Centre for Judges and Lawyers
Christiane Lamesch, Programme Organiser, EIPA
Luxembourg - European Centre for Judges and Lawyers
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