Università Roma Tre

This course aims at providing the fundamental notions of competition law as a central area in the EU Single Market policy. To this end, it will focus on the competition provisions that are directly applicable to companies throughout the European Union, i.e. the prohibition of cartels and restrictive practices, the prohibition of abuses of dominant position and merger control (to the exclusion of State aids and Article 106 TFEU).
More in detail, it will cover:
- The objectives of competition law;
- Essentials of US antitrust law;
- The role of competition rules in the EU;
- Market power, market definition and barriers to entry;
- Article 101 TFEU;
- Article 102 TFEU;
- Competition law and regulation;
- Public and private enforcement;
- Mergers.
The course intends to adopt a comparative approach (mainly with regard to the US system) and will involve the study of the main relevant case-law and recent policy documents.

Objectives
The course intends to introduce students in an extremely important area of EU law. In particular, it is aimed towards students being able to: i) demonstrate knowledge of EU competition law, taking a critical look at competition policy and its development; ii) deal with the primary sources of EU competition law (legislation, Commission decisions, CJEU/GC rulings); iii) carry out a presentation and a discussion on a competition law topic; iv) simulate a dispute.

Attendance policy
Class attendance is compulsory.

R. Whish – D. Bailey, Competition Law, Oxford University Press 2018 (selected chapters)