Terminaviso: Inter-departmental workshop

Utl.: "Private enforcement of EU competition law - Actions for
damages between ECJ and national courts" =

Wien (OTS) -
Date and time: Monday 2 June 2014, 17.00
Location: Aula, Campus of the University, Hof 1.11, Spitalgasse 2-4,
1090 Vienna

The last decade has recorded the rapid development of private
enforcement of EU competition law in the EU Member States. Consumers
and competitors harmed by a competition law violation may start
proceedings in a national court in order to receive compensation for
the suffered damage. Similar to other cases of damage compensation,
competition law damage is assessed by national judges in accordance
with national civil law. However, diverging national rules in this
field may hamper the consistent enforcement of EU competition rules
throughout the EU. To this regard, the case law of the European Court
of Justice (ECJ) has achieved only a minimum harmonization of
national rules. Secondly, taking into consideration the "technical"
nature of competition law due to its link with economic theory,
national judges may face difficulties in quantifying competition law
damage. In order to solve the latter issue, the European Commission
adopted a Communication in June 2013 aimed at providing guidance for
national courts in quantifying competition law damage. The latter
Communication should be discussed in the light of the recent ECJ case
law and the ECJ Advocate General's Opinion in Kone (case C-577/12).

Event: The workshop aims at gathering lawyers and economists in order
to discuss the main challenges faced by national judges in the
quantification of competition law harm from an inter-disciplinary
perspective.

Welcome: Brigitte Pircher, Institute for European Integration
Research (EIF), University of Vienna

Lecture: Marco Botta, Institute for European Integration Research
(EIF), University of Vienna

Comments: Gerhard Clemenz, Department of Economics, University of
Vienna
Georg Kodek, Austrian Supreme Court; Institute for Civil and Business
Law, Vienna University of Economics and Business
Florian Schuhmacher, DLA Piper Weiss-Tessbach Rechtsanwälte;
Institute for Civil and Business Law, Vienna University of Economics
and Business
Peter Stockenhuber, Institute of Commercial and Business Law, Law
Faculty, University of Vienna

Moderator: Zdenek Kudrna, Institute for European Integration Research
(EIF), University of Vienna

Weitere Informationen zur Veranstaltung finden Sie hier:
http://eif.univie.ac.at/events/

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