Advanced EU Competition Law and Economics I

Course goals

After this course:

• the student is able to understand and apply the core of EU competition law and economics, including collusion, abuse of dominance and merger control, both substantively and procedurally;
• the student is able to understand and apply the interplay between competition economics and EU competition law and how competition authorities and courts deal with this interplay;
• the student is able to advise governments, competition authorities, courts or private parties on the implications of particular forms of competition policy and competition cases;
• the student is able to participate constructively in a discussion of competition cases, problems and concepts.

Content

The course Advanced EU Competition Law and Economics I (‘Competition I’, RGMUIER047) covers the fundamental aspects of the law and economics behind EU competition law and policy on a graduate level.

The goal of this course is to enable the student to analyse and judge complex problems, theoretical questions, and practical cases in the field of EU competition law and policy. Both legal aspects and economic analysis and principles are covered in a comprehensive and integrated manner, which is key to understanding competition law. Competition I covers the basic concepts of competition law and economics (undertaking, institutions, goals of competition law, market definition, market power), as well as the law and economic behind Article 101 and Article 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU)—which deal with anticompetitive agreements and abuses of a dominant market position.

An basic understanding of EU law, (micro)economics, and certain quantitative methods is required. Support and self-assessment material on the required background knowledge will be provided at the start of Competition 1.



Place of this course within the curriculum:

• Compulsory course in Law and Economics