TILEC workshop on private enforcement of competition law
Friday, 20 June 2008, Tilburg UniversityThe European Commission has now published its White Paper on the private enforcement of competition law. TILEC has been able to assemble a nice set of speakers to discuss the general issue as well as the more specific question of damage assessment. The resulting half-day workshop will take place on 20 June 2008 at Tilburg University.
Programme
| 12.00 - 13.00 | Registration and sandwich lunch |
| 13.00 - 14.30 | Part 1 on the general legal and policy aspects Chair: Wieland Müller, Tilburg University - Eddy de Smijter, European Commission: "The Commission White Paper on antitrust damages actions". - Jeroen Kortmann, University of Amsterdam: "A Tort Lawyer's Perspective on the European Commission's White Paper". |
| 14.30 - 15.00 | Coffee break with pastries |
| 15.00-17.00 | Part 2 on the assessment of total damages and their distribution Chair: Martin Hellwig, Max-Planck Institute for research on collective goods, Bonn - Theon van Dijk, Lexonomics and Frank Verboven*, Catholic University Leuven: "Cartel damages claims and the passing-on defense". - Jan Tuinstra* , Maarten Pieter Schinkel and Martijn Han, University of Amsterdam: "On the Overcharge as an Estimator for Total Chain Antitrust Damages". - Wieland Müller* and Jan Boone, Tilburg University: "The distribution of harm in price-fixing cases". |
Location
Tilburg University, CZ 8, (Map of main entrance).
Route description
Language
The meeting will be conducted in English.
Registration
Registration is free and is possible until 13 June 2008. Please send an email
with your name and name of the organisation to:
TILEC (+31 (0)13 4668789)
Information
Further information about the conference may be sougth from the organizer:
TILEC (+31 (0)13 4668789)