Jean Monnet Module EU Competition Law

The EU Competition Law Conference proceedings are now available here. Proceedings have 17 paper on Competition Law topics out of which 10 are scientific and 7 are professional.

On May 13, 2021 International Jean Monnet Module Conference of EU and Comparative Competition Law Issues “Competition Law (in Pandemic Times): Challenges and Reforms” was held online (due to the COVID-19 pandemic).

The conference welcomed more than 20 presentations of the scientific papers of researches from different countries (Croatia, North Macedonia, Albania, Serbia, Italy,

The conference was divided into three panels and it started with a keynote lecture from Olga Simeon, representative of the European Commission titled EU Competition control at the time of the pandemic. Panels were

• EU temporary Framework on Competition Law and Coronavirus (6 papers)
• Priorities and Challenges in Competition Policy and Enforcement: Digital Markets, Compliance and Judicial Review (10 papers)
• Digital Generations and Market Competition (5 papers

Some of the pictures from the conference can be seen bellow:

EU Competition Law conference will be held online on May 13, 2021.

The final program is available here.

Conference will be held on ZOOM and the link will be available at https://www.pravos.unios.hr/clconf/clconf

New ASCOLA book just published

We are happy to let you know that the next book in the ASCOLA series, which is based on papers from the 2019 annual conference, is finally out. The book, titled  “Challenges to Assumptions  in Competition Law” (see flyer attached), is offered to ASCOLA members at a special price. 

Anyone looking to take advantage of the discount offer should go to the EE website, add the book(s) to their basket, click on their shopping cart and apply discount code ASCOLA before checkout. This discount code enables ASCOLA members to purchase this book, and any other book in the ASCOLA series, at 35% off. 

Now Accepting Applications for ISP/Tobin Center Competition Policy Fellowship 2021-22

The ISP/Tobin Center Competition Policy Resident Fellowship at Yale Law School is designed for recent graduates of law or Ph.D. programs interested in competition policy for the digital economy. We specifically encourage applicants interested in regulation of digital platforms, and those working on projects related to competition and regulation of operating systems and online platforms for communication, e-commerce, and app distribution.

Applicants must have completed their J.D., Ph.D., or equivalent degree prior to the beginning of the fellowship. Resident Fellows are expected to be present in the ISP/Tobin Center facilities three full days per week, contribute to ISP/Tobin Center research and publications, and to coordinate ISP/Tobin Center programming. ISP Resident fellows are strongly urged to reside in the New Haven area.

The Resident Fellowships normally begin on July 1 and last for one year; fellows in residence may apply for a second year of support. Fellows receive a salary of USD 53,760  per year plus Yale benefits, a travel stipend, and work space.

Applications for funded Resident Fellowships will be considered on a rolling basis and must be must be received no later than May 31, 2021. Applications for self-funded Resident Fellowships are accepted on a rolling basis without deadline. More info here.

U sklopu projekta JM EU Competition Law u petak 15. siječnja od 9 do 15 održat će se radionica na temu Zaštite tržišnog natjecanja. Predavači su dr. sc. Mirta Kapural (Agencija za zaštitu tržišnog natjecanja) i prof. dr.sc. Jasminka Pecotić Kaufman (Ekonomski fakultet u Zagrebu).

Teme radionice su karteli, vertikalni sporazumi, horizontalna koncentracija te vertikalna koncentracija, zlouporaba vladajućeg položaja.

As part of the JM EU Competition Law project, a workshop on Competition Protection will be held on Friday, January 15 from 9 to 15. The lecturers are dr. sc. Mirta Kapural (Croatian Competition Agency) and prof. dr.sc. Jasminka Pecotić Kaufman (Faculty of Economics in Zagreb).

The topics of the workshop are cartels, vertical agreements, horizontal concentration and vertical concentration, abuse of a dominant position.

Renomirani Legal Scholarship Blog objavio je na svojim stranicama poziv za dostavu radova za JM EU Competition Law konferenciju

Well known Legal Scholarship Blog posted call for papers for JM EU Competition Law conference on their pages.

Prof. Akšamović gave an interview to a local TV station presenting work of Law-economy clinic in Osijek where the students attending JM Module EU Competition Law are solving cases from practice.

The full interview can be seen here. (Interview is in Croatian only)

Webinar o Zlouporabi vladajućeg položaja u sklopu projekta je objavljen na stranicama projekta te ga je moguće vidjeti na sljedećoj poveznici.

The webinar on the Abuse of a dominant position t within the project is published on the project website and can be seen at the following link.

Webinar o ugovoru o franšizi u sklopu projekta je objavljen na stranicama projekta te ga je moguće vidjeti na sljedećoj poveznici.

The webinar on the franchise agreement within the project is published on the project website and can be seen at the following link.

S početkom nove akademske godine studentima 2. godine diplomskog studija Poduzetništvo i poduzetnički menadžment na Ekonomskom fakultetu prezentirana je kolegij Zaštita tržišnog natjecanja kojeg mogu birati kao izborni kolegij.

With the beginning of the new academic year, the students of the 2nd year of the graduate study Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurial Management at the Faculty of Economics were presented with the course Competition law, which they can choose as an elective course.

In the last AZTN info (Croatian competition agency newsletter) an interview with prof. Akšamović was published. She is co-author of Competition Law in Croatia book published by Kluwer) together with Jasminka Pecotić Kaufman (also part of our team) and Vlatka Butorac Malnar.

In the interview prof. Akšamović talks about the book and the Competition law in Croatia. She stated that writing this book was also an opportunity to, going to the core of legal rules and court decisions, test and review their own attitudes, knowledge, as well as the quality of domestic legal solutions and case law. With each, including this publication, European science has become richer for one, albeit modest, scientific work. As a co-author, by writing this book, she became richer for new knowledge.

Whole interview is available here (only in Croatian).

From January 27 to January 31, 2020 Workshop for students of Law and Economy clinic was held at the Faculty of Economics in Osijek. Pictures from workshops are available bellow

The lecture was organized with the aim of acquiring new knowledge and improving the existing one about the EU competition rules with the best local experts in this field. The lecturers presented an analysis of EU competition law through examples from the case law of the Court of Justice of the EU, highlighting the importance of studying this complex system, which is necessary for all those who operate in the EU market offering goods or services.

Materials from the workshop are available here.

From January 27 to 31, 2020 a Workshop for students of Law and Economy clinic will be held on the Faculty of Economics in Osijek. During the workshop following lectures will be held.

1. Izv. prof. dr. sc. Dubravka Akšamović, Faculty of Law Osijek
Introduction to EU Competition Law /Uvod u pravo i praksu europskog i hrvatskog prava tržišnog natjecanja (January 27 and 28, 2020)

2. Mirta Kapural, Croatian Competition Agency – EU and Croatian Cmpetition law and policies / Pravo i politika tržišnog natjecanja EU i Hrvatske- iskustva i prakse – January 29 and 30, 2020

3. Izv. prof. dr. sc. Jasminka Pecotić Kaufman, Faculty of Economics Zagreb Cartel agreements and abuse of dominant position in the law and practice of Croatia and the EU / Kartelni sporazumi i zlouporaba vladajućeg položaja u pravu i praksi Hrvatske i EU – January 29 and 20, 2020

4. Doc. dr. sc. Aleksandar Erceg, Faculty of Economics in Osijek and dr. sc. Lidija Šimunović, Faculty of Law Osijek Case study on the example of a franchise agreement /Case study na primjeru ugovora o franšizingu – January 31, 2020

Article about Workshop at Pravni fakultet Osijek within JM Module EU Competition Law – get to know cartels was posted in Sveučilišni glasnik #53

Article can be seen here.

Two project team members of the JM EU Competition law project were involved in the 6th Competition Law and Policy Conference which took place on December 12 and 13, 2019 in Zagreb.

Prof. Jasminka Pecotić Kaufman and prof. Dubravka Akšamović were panel members in discussions with the following topics: On the Development of (Not So) New Competition Systems – Findings from an Empirical Study and
Judicial Protection in Competition Cases: Can We Do Better? – Special Emphasis On Interim Measures

The conference was organized by Hrvatsko društvo za pravo i politiku tržišnog natjecanja.

On October 28, 2019, a workshop titled “Meet cartels” was held at the Faculty of Law Osijek within JM Module EU Competition Law.

The lecture was held by Mirta Kapural, Ph.D. from the Croatian Competition Agency.

Slides from a lecture can be found here.

JM Module EU Competition Law in cooperation with Faculty of Law Osijek and Državna škola za javnu upravu organizes a workshop – Get to know Kartels.

Lecture will be held by Mirta Kapura, member of the Council of the Croatian Competition Agency

Lecture will be held on Faculty of Law Osijek on Monday October 28, 2019 at 17.30

Pozivaju se svi zainteresirani na radionicu o Pravu tržišnog natjecanja u organizaciji Državne škole za javnu upravu na temu: Otkrijte KARTELE…

Predavanje će održati Mirta Kapural, članica Vijeća Agencije za zaštitu tržišnog natjecanja.

DATUM: 28. 10. 2019.
VRIJEME: 17: 30 sati
MJESTO: Pravni fakultet u Osijeku, dvorana 1, Ulica Stjepana Radića 17

On Wednesday October 2, 2019 a presentation Jean Monnet Module EU Competition Law was held at Faculty of Economics in Osijek.

During the presentation Dean prof. Crnković and involved project team presented the project to the student which will be attending the course during winter semester of 2019/2020 academy year.

Tribina – Aktualnosti i novine u pravu i politici tržišnog natjecanja

Na Pravnom fakultetu u Osijeku u organizaciji Katedre za trgovačko pravo Pravnog fakuleta u Osijeku i Jean Monnet Module EU Competition Laws Ekonomskog fakulteta u Osijeku u suradnji s Hrvatskim društvom za pravo i politiku tržišnog natjecanja (HDPPTN) održana je 27.9.2019. tribina o Aktualnostima i novinama u pravu i politici tržišnog natjecanja.

Sudionici tribine su ukazali u svojim predavanjima osnovne informacije o zaštiti tržišnog natjecanja u Republici Hrvatskoj.

Materijale s predavanja moguće je pronaći na sljedećem linku.

Katedra za trgovačko pravo Pravnog fakuleta u Osijeku- Jean Monnet Module iz Prava tržišnog natjecanja u suradnji s Hrvatskim društvom za pravo i politiku tržišnog natjecanja (HDPPTN) pozivaju sve zainteresirane na tribinu/radionicu na temu

„ AKTUALNOSTI I NOVINE U PRAVU I POLITICI TRŽIŠNOG NATJECANJA“

Na tribini će se razmatrati brojne teme iz domaćeg i europskog  prava tržišnog natjecanja

• Tipični oblici povrede propisa o tržišnom natjecanju s naglaskom na lokalne primjere (sporazumi, koncentracije, zlouporaba vladajućeg položaja)
• Naknada štete u sporovima za zaštitu tržišnog natjecanja
• Pravo tržišnog natjecanja i državne potpore
• Umjetno stvoreni uvjeti kao razlog oduzimanja državne potpore

Panelisti na tribini su renomirani domaći stručnjaci Prava tržišnog natjecanja

prof. dr. sc. Siniša Petrović (Pravni fakultet u Zagrebu)

izv. prof. dr. sc Jasminka Pecotić Kaufman (Ekonomski fakultet u Zagrebu)

izv. prof. dr. sc. Vlatka Butorac Malnar (Pravni fakultet u Rijeci)

Marijana Liszt, M.sc. (Odvjetničko društvo Liszt & Partneri iz Zagreba)

izv. prof. dr. sc. Dubravka Akšamović (Pravni fakultet u Osijeku)

Mjesto održavanja tribine: Pravni fakultet u Osijeku  (Vijećnica, Radićeva 13, II kat)

Vrijeme održavanja tribine: (petak) 27. 9. 2019 s početkom u 11 sati

Ulaz je slobodan!

Zbog organizacijskih razloga dolazak je potrebno najaviti na email adresu: daksamov@pravos.hr ili lsimunov@pravos.hr

Uskoro izlazi nova knjiga Zaštita tržišnog natjecanja (ISBN: 978-94-035-1624-0) u izdanju Wolters Kluwer.

Knjigu o aktualnostima na području Zaštite tržišnog najtecanja u Hrvatskoj napisala su dva člana projektnog tima izv. prof. dr. sc. Jasminka Pecotić Kaufman i izv. prof. dr. sc Dubravka Akšamović zajedno s Vlatkom Butorac Malnar.

Soon, a new Book of Competition Protection (ISBN: 978-94-035-1624-0) will be released in the edition of Wolters Kluwer.
The Book of Topics in the area of Market Protection in Croatia has been written by two members of the project team Jasminka Pecotić Kaufman and Dubravka Akšamović together with Vlatko Butorac Malnar.

More about book can be found here.

Želite saznati više o EU Competition Law ili imate problema s zaštitom tržišnog natjecanja. Javite se na competition@efos.hr

Want to find out more about EU Competition Law or have a problem. Contact us at competition@efos.hr

Na stranici Materijali objavljene su prezentacije korištene u nastavi na kolegiju Zaštita tržišnog natjecanja koji se izvodi na Ekonomskom fakultetu u Osijeku.

On the Materials page, presentations used in the course EU Competition Law at the Faculty of Economics in Osijek are published.

On June 11, 2019, in Zagreb, a 22nd Croatian Competition Day was held in the organization of Croatian Competition Agency and European Commission’s Representation in Croatia. The title of this event was Competition policy and merger assessment in the light of public interest.

Prof. Dubravka Akšamović, a team member from JMM EU Competition Law project, was a panelist on topic Merger assessment in the light of public interest.

Besides her several students from the Faculty of Economics in Osijek who are attending EU Competition Law course attended this event.

More information about the event can be found at Croatian Competition Agency webpages.

Članice projektnog tima izv. prof. dr. sc. Dubravka Akšamović i dr. sc. Lidija Šimunović prezentirale su rad na ovogodišnjoj konferenciji ECLIC 2019 na Pravnom fakultetu u Osijeku.

Project team members Dubravka Akšamović Ph.D. and Lidija Šimunović, Ph.D., presented a scientific paper during this year’s ECLIC 2019 international scientific conference at Faculty of Law Osijek

More information about conference can be found here.

As a result of Jean Monnet cooperation Faculty of Law in Osijek has signed an agreement with Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) in Brazil.

One part of the agreement is EU Competition Law and team leader prof. Akšamović will be presenting our project in Brasil.

Read more on future cooperation on our web site in upcoming days!

Dear all,

We are extremely glad to send you the program of the second summer school organized within the European Project STARS – Skills transfers in Academia: a Renewed Strategy Enhancing Legal Clinics in the European Union”, from  Monday, July 8th to Friday July 12th, 2019.

The project STARS, founded under the Erasmus+ programme, brings together the University of Luxembourg (coordinator) and Università degli Studi di Brescia, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Palacký University in Olomouc, Czech Republic, and the Romanian-American University in Bucharest. It aims to renew teaching strategies within law schools by developing clinical legal education in Europe and stimulate innovative practices in legal teaching; formalize existing clinical legal education through the development of digital tools and the establishment of evaluation criteria; and promote the development of innovative legal research.

During the first summer school the Luxembourg Law Clinic will offer a structured replica of its traditional clinical activities, holding special clinical sessions and reproducing the methods and the pedagogical approaches applied in the Luxembourg law clinic, in order to share its experience with the participants. The sessions will be run in English and the substantial focus will be on Consumer Law.

The summer school addresses students and clinicians.

Maximum 15 foreign students will be admitted to the summer school and they will receive partial grants to cover their stay in Luxembourg. Students will receive 4 ECTS for their participation and they will be awarded a certificate of attendance.

Maximum 15 Clinicians and, more in general, law professors interested in Clinical Legal Education will be admitted to the summer school, regardless of their experience.

More information can be found here.

Na stranici “Nastavni materijali” objavljeni su materijali sa radionice o Zaštiti tržišnog natjecanja koja se odvijala tijekom siječnja 2019.

On the page “Teaching materials” materials from the workshop “EU Competition Law” held at the Faculty of Economics in January 2019 are published.

Predavanja iz kolegija Zaštita tržišnog natjecanja u sklopu Jean Monnet EU Competititon Law projekta kreću od 25. veljače 2019. u sklopu ljetnog semestra 2018/2019. akademske godine.

Vidimo se.

Danas su studenti imali novi slučaj s područja EU Competition law u sklopu Pravno ekonomske klinike.

Studenti su se upoznali s klijentom i njegovim problemom te će mu za četrnaest dana dostaviti prijedlog rješenja.

Radionica na temu Zaštita tržišnog natjecanja održava se od 21. do 25. siječnja na Ekonomski fakultet u Osijeku​ u sklopu projekta Jean Monnet EU Competition Law uz sudjelovanje predavača Mladen Cerovac iz Agenciju za zaštitu tržišnog natjecanja i Jasminka Pecotić Kaufman sa Ekonomski fakultet Zagreb

U sklopu projekta JM EU Competition Law od 21. do 25.1. 2019. održat će se radionica i gostujuće predavanje za polaznike Pravno ekonomske klinike. Tijekom trajanja radionice održat će se sljedeća predavanja:

1. Izv. prof. dr. sc. Dubravka Akšamović, Pravni fakultet u Osijeku –
Uvod u pravo  i praksu europskog i hrvatskog prava tržišnog natjecanja  (21. i 22. 1. 2019.)

2. Cerovac Mladen, ravnatelj Agencije za zaštitu tržišnog natjecanja –
Pravo i politika tržišnog natjecanja EU i Hrvatske- iskustva i prakse (23. i 24. 1.2019.)

3. Izv. prof. dr. sc. Jasminka Pecotić Kaufman, Ekonomski Fakultet u Zagreb – Kartelni sporazumi i zlouporaba vladajućeg položaja u pravu i praksi Hrvatske i EU (23. i 24.1.2019.)

4. Doc. dr. sc. Aleksandar Erceg, Ekonomski fakultet u Osijeku / Lidija Šimunović dip. iur, Pravni fakultet Osijek – Case study na primjeru ugovora o franšizingu (25.1.2019.)

U srijedu 19.12.2018. s početkom u 12.00 u prostorijama Pravnog fakulteta u Osijeku (Stjepana Radića 17) održat će se prezentacija zajedničkog projekta Ekonomskog i Pravnog fakulteta u Osijeku – Jean Monnet Module EU Competition Law.

U sklopu aktivnosti projekta JM EU Competition Law je i suradnja s Pravno ekonomskom klinikom u Osijeku.  

Studenti koji rade na klinici rješavat će i slučajeve iz područja Zaštite tržišnog natjecanja. Jedan od takvih slučajeva bio je predmet rada 10.11.2018.

Studenti i profesori mentori radili su na slučaju hrvatske tvrtke koja je imala potrebu za rješavanjem problema koji je vezan za zaštitu tržišnog natjecanja.

Eramus+ projekt Jean Monnet Module EU Competition Law predstavljen je na Ekonomskom fakultetu u Osijeku koji je nositelj ovog interdisciplinarnog projekta.

Suradnici na projektu su djelatnici Ekonomskog i Pravnog fakulteta u Osijeku te profesori s Pravnog fakulteta u Zagrebu i Štipu. Projektni tim čine još i predstavnici hrvatske Agencije za zaštitu tržišnog natjecanja.

Više o predstavljanju na linku.

On October 26, 2018, team leader prof. Akšamović presented Jean Monnet EU Competition Law project at meeting on acctuality in the law and competition policy in organization of Hrvatsko društvo za pravo i politku tržišnog natjecanja.

Voditeljica projekta izv. prof. dr.sc. Dubravka Akšamović prezentirala je projekt Jean Monnet EU COmpetition Law na Tribina o aktualnostima u pravu i politici tržišnog natjecanja u organizaciji
Hrvatskg društva za pravo i politku tržišnog natjecanja.

Više informacija / More information can be found here.

Erasmus+ projekt Jean Monnet EU Competition Law predstavljen je na Pravnom fakultetu u Osijeku.

Ovaj interdisciplinarni projekt koji će se odvijati na Pravnom i Ekonomskom fakultetu u Osijeku predstavlja značajan napredak u izučavanju EU Competition Law. Više o događaju na linku.

Tržišno natjecanje je jedna od najvažnijih politika EU. Poznavanje složenog sustava pravila tržišnog natjecanja EU je nužno za sve one koji na bilo koji način, nudeći robu ili usluge, djeluju na tržištu EU. Studenti prava i ekonomije će u svom budućem poslovanju zasigruno biti uključeni u tržišne procese na tržištu EU. Stoga im se kroz ovaj projekt omogućuju da steknu vrijedna nova pravna i ekonomska znanja koja će im dobro doći u budućim karijerama. 

Voditeljica projekta je izv. prof. dr .sc. Dubravka Akšamovićsa Pravnog fakulteta u Osijeku, a uz nju u projektu sudjeluju brojni stručnjaciiz Prava tržišnog natjecanja i Europskog prava, izv. prof. dr.sc. AleksandarErceg sa Ekonomskog fakulteta, mag. iur. Lidija Šimunović i izv. prof dr. sc.Tunjica Petrašević sa Pravnog fakulteta, izv. prof. dr. sc. Jasminka Pecotić Kaufman sa zagrebačkog Ekonomskog fakulteta te Mladen Cerovac te ravnateljAgencije za zaštitu tržišnog natjecanja.

Projekt se financira iz sredstava EU i traje tri godine. Iako je primarni cilj projekta educirati studente Pravnog fakulteta i Ekonomskog fakulteta u Osijeku o  pravilima i sustavu zaštite tržišnog natjecanja EU, u okviru projekta je predviđen i niz drugih projektnih aktivnosti. Održavati će se radionice i okrugli stolovi za praktičare, odvjetnike te poduzetnike iz Hrvatske i regije.

Market competition is one of the most important EU policies. Knowing the complex EU competition rules system is necessary for all those who in any way, offering goods or services, operate on the EU market. Students of law and economy will be actively involved in market processes in the EU market in their future business. Therefore, they are enabled through this project to acquire valuable new legal and economic knowledge that will benefit them in future careers. The project manager is prof. dr .sc. Dubravka Akšamović, Faculty of Law Osijek, and with her in the project are involved numerous experts from the Law of Competition and European Law, izv. prof. dr.sc. Aleksandar Erceg from the Faculty of Economics, dr.sc. Lidija Šimunović i izv. prof dr. Ph.D. Petrasevic from the Faculty of Law, izv. prof. dr. sc. Jasminka Pecotić Kaufman from the Faculty of Economics in Zagreb and Mladen Cerovac director of the Agency for Protection of Competition. The project is funded from EU funds and lasts for three years. Although the primary objective of the project is to educate students of the Law Faculty and the Faculty of Economics in Osijek on the rules and system of EU competition protection, a number of other project activities are planned within the project. Workshops and roundtables for practitioners, lawyers and entrepreneurs from Croatia and the region will be held.