This e-presentation examines in detail how sustainability considerations are addressed in the European Commission’s draft revised Guidelines on Horizontal Cooperation Agreements. The focus is placed on the chapter on sustainability agreements and how they are assessed under Article 101 TFEU.
e-Presentation | April 2022 | Learning time: 31 minutes
e-Presentation by Vera Pozzato, Policy Officer, Unit A1 – Antitrust Case Support and Policy, DG Competition, European Commission, Brussels.
This e-presentation discusses the topic of innovation public procurement and, in particular, the Commission Guidance on Innovation Procurement adopted in June 2021. It will examine different options for innovation-friendly tools that can be used in all types of procedures to attract innovation and get benefits for both the buyer and the supplier. The main features of the specific public procurement procedures that entail the procurement of R&D services as described in the Guidance are presented, as well as some specific considerations related to IPR and State aid.
e-Presentation | March 2022 | Learning time: 33 minutes
e-Presentation by Michael Jürgen Werner, Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright, Brussels.
This e-presentation will discuss the latest initiatives undertaken by the European Commission in the field of public procurement and the key areas it is planning to work on in the future. Special focus will be placed on the new Guidance on socially responsible procurement and the Commission’s proposal on addressing foreign subsidies.
e-Presentation | March 2021 | Learning time: 25 minutes
e-Presentation by Katharina Knapton-Vierlich, Head of Unit (acting), C.2 Public Procurement, DG GROW, European Commission, Brussels.
This e-presentation will discuss the procedural framework in State aid recovery actions. It will focus on the main sources and principles of national enforcement of State aid law and will look closely into public and private enforcement of State aid rules before the national courts.
e-Presentation | February 2021 | Learning time: 46 minutes
e-Presentation by Jacques Derenne, Partner, Sheppard Mullin, Brussels; Professor, University of Liège and Brussels School of Competition.
This e-presentation offers a critical appraisal of the impact of recent merger and antitrust developments on the pharmaceutical sector. After describing how the CJEU has recently interpreted the concept of excessive pricing, it moves on to explain the consequences of the European Commission’s Guidance on the application of the referral mechanism set out in Article 22 of the Merger Regulation.
e-Presentation | March 2022 | Learning time: 48 minutes
e-Presentation by Nicolas Pourbaix, Senior Counsel, Amgen, Diegem.