Corsi di Studio del Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza

The course deals with the general and specific issues surrounding EU Competition rules and the enforcement of those rules. The course aims to be a comprehensive study of the basic provisions of EU Competition Law specifically articles 101 and 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. The course provides an economic and market context in which these provisions are applied especially in relation to business phenomena

The course aims to deal with both public and private law aspects of EU Competition Law by relying on both disciplines. 

 

The course delivers an in-depth training on all major aspects of Competition Law and enforcement. The field of law offers good professional perspectives in the EU internal market. 

 

Lectures in English 

Dr Igor Nikolic, assistant professor at Tilburg Univerisity, is visiting professor at the University of Turin in the academic year 2018/2019. Dr Nikolic will be involved in teaching the course.  

igor.nikolic.15@ucl.ac.uk

written examination, 2 open questions. Students are encouraged to refer to the textbook's "notes and questions" sections for guidance on possible questions.

The exam is not open-book (so the textbook is not allowed). However, students are allowed to peruse normative and regulatory sources should they wish to do that (TFEU provisions, regulations, directives, guidelines, etc.). The course convenors will make the materials allowed available to the students, so students need not bring any materials to the classroom.

For any question please contact the Professors De Caria and Poncibò at 

riccardo.decaria@unito.it 

cristina.poncibo@unito.it 

The course examines EU competition law in political, economic and comparative context. 

Classes explore the tools used by competition authorities in Europe: to punish cartels that fix prices or divide markets; assess cooperative agreements between rival firms and supplier–customer relationships; to establish a dominant position and find abuses; and review the competitive effects of mergers and acquisitions. The course also explains how authorities determine when business restraints infringe on the principles governing the EU internal market, and when Member States contravene the rules protecting the European competition system including by means of subsidies known as State aids.

The aim of the course consists in providing a rounded account of the various dimensions of EU competition law, of its place at the heart of the EU market integration project and of its relevance for the enforcement of antitrust principles worldwide.

Week & topic

W1 general introduction + competition law in the public sector
W2 The Treaty, objectives and the Single Market
W3 Cartels
W4 Horizontal restraints
W5 Abuses of dominance
W6 Merger control
W7 State aid
W8 Competition law & ip law
W9 Vertical restraints
W10 Private enforcement 

 

 

E.M. Fox, D. Gerard, EU Competition Law. Cases, Text and Context, Elgar, 2017

plus, as a mandatory reading, chapter 19 (The relationship between intellectual property rights and competition law) of R. Whish, D. Bailey, Oxford Competition Law, OUP, 2018, 9th edn (which is available in the Bobbio Library, section Merlini, EUROPA Diritto 228).

In the "materiale didattico", students will also find some legislative materials, for their reference, and other materials, to be intended as a useful tool for the preparation of the exam, but that are not mandatory. In general, students can find all the relevant legislative documents on the Eu Commission's DG Competition's website: http://ec.europa.eu/competition/antitrust/legislation/legislation.html 

 

Lectures will take place on Thursdays from 1pm-3pm and Fridays from 2pm-4pm