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SUMMARY:Seminar on European Competition Law for National Judges - Competi
 tion Economics
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DESCRIPTION:Economic concepts and analysis have taken a fundamental place
  in the field of competition law over the years. In modern antitrust lit
 igation\, the soundness of the economic methods adopted by national comp
 etition authorities in their examinations\, and the relevance of the eco
 nomic studies submitted by companies’ legal representatives in support o
 f their cases\, are subject to the scrutiny of national judges. This sem
 inar aims to familiarise national judges with basic economic concepts an
 d the legal and procedural challenges they may face when applying them i
 n competition law cases due to the increased relevance of economic analy
 sis across all fields of antitrust law. The two-day seminar will provide
  national judges with specific knowledge and practice related to competi
 tion economics in order to enhance their confidence when faced with econ
 omic notions and economic based arguments\, and to help them communicate
  more effectively with economic court experts and economic expert witnes
 ses. The first day will begin by addressing the fundamental notions in m
 arket definition that need to be grasped by the participants (e.g.\, sup
 ply and demand\, elasticity\, substitutability\, basic intuition of HMTa
 nd CLA). It will then continue to explore one of the key concepts of ant
 itrust economics: market power\, determined through the identification o
 f dominance and abuses thereof. The economic tools used in the assessmen
 t of antitrust issues\, such as in cases dealing with technological mark
 ets and sharing-economy activities\, will also be examined. The second d
 ay will be dedicated to the principles and procedures governing the asse
 ssment of economic evidence (i.e.\, inter alia\, data\, reports\, studie
 s). (i) The standard of review and the standard of proof applicable to s
 uch type of evidence will be examined\; (ii) further certain concepts li
 nked to specific types of infringements willbe clarified\; and (iii) sug
 gestions on how to make economic analysis instrumental and manageable in
  court despite the existence of procedural challenges will be provided. 
 The training will conclude by focusing on the use of economic evidence i
 n the context of damages claims. This theme hasbeen chosen to wrap-up th
 e session given the fact that such litigation proceedings may heavily re
 ly on this type of evidence and national judges are likely to be faced w
 ith an increasing number of actions for damages since the implementation
  of Directive 2014/104/EU. The seminar will rely on active participation
  through group exercises and will require personal engagement throughout
  the two-day training. The seminar is open to national judges\, prosecut
 ors\, apprentice national judges and the staff of the judges’ offices of
  national courts dealing with competition law in EU member countries and
  Albania. A good command of English is an essential condition of registr
 ation. Participation will be completely free of charge. The costs will b
 e covered by EU and GVH funds. *** The national judicial training centre
 s of the following countries have offered to directly participate in the
  selection of applicants: Croatia\, Estonia\, Lithuania\, Romania\, Slov
 enia and Bulgaria. Please contact your national training centre for more
  information if you would like to register from any of these countries. 
 If your country is not listed above\, please send your registration form
  via email directly to Andrea Dalmay at the RCC (dalmay.andrea@gvh.hu). 
 One place will be reserved for one applicant from each EU Member State\,
  but if free spaces remain these will be filled up irrespective of natio
 nality. We will decide about the applications on the basis of the indivi
 duals’ work experience and the group’s composition\, as we would like to
  have a heterogeneous group in order to promote the exchange of ideas an
 d experiences among participants. The registration deadline is 02 April 
 2019 Applicants willbe informed by 08 April 2019 if their registration h
 as been accepted. *** Participants will be accommodated in a hotel in Bu
 dapest which will also serve as the seminar’s venue. The event organiser
 s will take care of the reservations and cover the costs of the accommod
 ation for 3 nights on 9\, 10\, and 11 May 2019. Participants will be inv
 ited to a welcome dinner on 10 May and will receive lunch on 10 and 11 M
 ay. Participants shall arrange their own travel\, and their travel costs
  (economy class) will be reimbursed by the event organisers after the se
 minar. The cost of local transportation (taxi\, airport shuttle\, public
  transport) and the cost of travel insurance will not be reimbursed. Ple
 ase note that a condition of reimbursement is actual participation in th
 e entire seminar. Should you have any questions about the event\, please
  contact Ms Andrea Dalmay (dalmay.andrea@gvh.hu\, phone: +36-1-472-8880)
 . 
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