Syllabus
Competition law and regulation of network-industries in Europe, 2020
Place: 348 (zoom/teams - link will be provided), Thursdays at 16:00-17:30
Reading texts for competition law will be provided before each course, it is not necessary to read all of them. 1) 8.10.2019 Regulation in network sectors (Dr. iur Rita Simon LL.M, BA)
Regulatory goals and regulatory tools (access control, network regulation, price regulation) 2) 15.10. Competition law (in network sectors) 1 (JUDr. Petra Pipkova, Ph.D., LL.M.eur)
Introduction to competition law issues in network sectors, the addressees of the competition rules 3) 22.10 Competition law (in network sectors) 2 (JUDr. Petra Pipkova, Ph.D., LL.M.eur) Competition law in network sectors: defining the relevant market, anti-competitive practices with focus on dominant position 4) 29.10 Market Regulation - Post Office (JUDr. Štěpán Svoboda, LL.M, European Commission (DG COMP)
Liberalized postal services market - Will the public service survive? 5) 5.11 Faculty night - no lectures 6) 12.11 Regulation and liberalization of the telecommunications market (Dr. iur Rita Simon LL.M, BA) Market liberalization, regulatory objectives, regulatory instruments (access control, network regulation, price regulation) 7) 19.11 Telecommunications sector and Competition Law (Goran Serdarevic, Frontier Economics – Telecommunications team)
Competition issues of the telecommunications sector 8) 26.11 Liberalization and regulation of the energy sector (Mgr. David Vosol, M.B.A. - bpv BRAUN PARTNERS)
Liberalization and regulation, price regulation 9) 3.12 Energy sector and Competition Law (JUDr. Petra Pipkova, Ph.D., LL.Meur)
Competition issues of the energy sector 10) 10.12 Market Regulation – Rail transport (Dr. Rita Sik-Simon LL.M, BA)
Regulatory goals and liberalization (access control, network regulation, price regulation) 11) 17.12 Transport sector and Competition Law (JUDr. Petra Pipkova, Ph.D., LL.Meur)
Competition issues of the transport sector 12) 7.1.2020 Written Exam
Annotation
Effective competition is the key principle of a single European market, but ensuring viable competition in some key sectors such as telecommunication, energy, post and transport is not entirely possible without any regulation. The liberalization process initiated in the 1990s in all of these network-sectors fundamentally changed national markets and market players.
This course aims to explain the basic economic and legal issues of these four network areas, and the main steps of liberalization. Further it introduces the key regulatory and competition principles in the network sectors with a focus on relevant European competition case law.
The main benefit for students is the understanding of the functioning of competition law under specific conditions of the network sectors. After completing the course students will be familiar with the relevant Czech and European competition law rules and will be able to understand the basic principles of market regulation. They will also be aware of the major differences in the legal practice of individual national authorities that ensure viable competition in these areas.