Competition Policy

Apart from offering you quality training - participation in these courses will offer you an excellent networking opportunity.

The courses will allow you to share, discuss and debate ideas with a wide range of consumer organisations from Europe, building a strong network to protect consumer's rights in Europe.

What type of course is this?

This is a specialised course.

For further information on introductory and specialised courses please see the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) area.

What is the aim of this course?

To better involve consumer organisations in competition policy processes and increase their effectiveness by providing them with expertise in competition policy in the European Union and to support and encourage networking amongst participants, speakers and DG competition.

Profile of participants

In an attempt to have participants with a similar level of experience, we ask you to carefully read the participant profile below to see whether the course matches your needs before deciding whether to apply to this course or whom to send to the course. This course will be targeted at participants who are :

Personnel from consumer organisations who deal with competition related issues in their daily work
Already have some experience in the field of competition and/ or competition cases/ market studies
Are currently working on competition law cases or
Will take on responsibility for this topic in the future

Outline of the course*

_{*Subject to slight amendments}


Day 1	Day 2	Day 3
Introduction to the topic	Antitrust & Merger	Sector Inquiries
Cartels, Abuse of dominant position, Merger control & State Aid Control	Vertical restraints	Case studies
Decision-making procedure	Introduction to Cartels
Complaints procedures	Group Action: Private damages actions/ Private enforcement

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