ESF:MPP_SOPR Competition Law - Course Information

MPP_SOPR Competition Law

Extent and Intensity

1/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. JUDr. Michal Petr, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Michal Petr, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

doc. JUDr. Michal Petr, Ph.D.
Department of Law – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Lenka Hráčková
Supplier department: Department of Law – Faculty of Economics and Administration

Timetable of Seminar Groups

MPP_SOPR/01: No timetable has been entered into IS. M. Petr
MPP_SOPR/02: No timetable has been entered into IS. M. Petr

Prerequisites

Předmět předpokládá základní znalosti a dovednosti z oblasti teorie práva.
Uvedené dovednosti lze získat absolvováním předmětu Základy práva.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Economic Policy and International Relations (programme ESF, N-HPS)
• Economic Policy (programme ESF, M-HPS)
• Economic Policy (programme ESF, N-HPS)

Course objectives

The subject aims at providing students with a deeper insight into the complex questions of economic competition protection. The introductory part focuses on the definition of basic competition-law terms and the relation of competition law to other branches of law. It also explains the relation between competition law on the communitary level and law of the individual EU member states. Furthermore, students will be introduced in detail to the three basic competition law institutions, i.e., banned agreements, dominating position misuse and company merger check. The final part is devoted to the questions of the communitary competition law application on both the communitary and national levels. All these topics will be covered with special respect to the practice of the Antitrust Office.

At the end of this course students will be able to:
- understand basic mechanisms of regulation of competition;
- work with relevant sources of EC law and judicature;
- assess particular conduct of undertakings from the perspective of competition law and propose solutions in order to remedy competition problems and reach compliance;
- react to legal acts of the Commission or the Antitrust Office.

Syllabus

• 1.Competition law in general – object and purpose of competition law, distinction between national and communitary competition law, competition law and public and private interests protection, basic terms (competitor, relevant market, agreements and their forms, dominating position, checkup), competition law and other branches of law (unfair competition, price law, economic dependence, public support)
• 2.Banned agreements – horizontal agreements, vertical, mixed (examples), exemptions from ban on agreements (de minimis rule, block exceptions, ex lege exceptions)
• 3.Dominating position (market power analysis, forms of misuse – examples)
• 4.Competition law application in the field of the Antitrust Office competence and the Commission competence (investigative competence, power to take decisions, sanctions and measures for correction, judicial review, ECN)
• 5.Company merger – concept of merger, communitary dimension merger, allocation of cases, ban on realising mergers, merger reviewing (dominance test, SLC test, efficiencies, obligations, conditions and limitations, ancillary restraints), proceedings in the matter of company merger (proceedings by the Antitrust Office, proceedings by the Commission, judicial review)
• 6.Competition law application by courts, private enforcement.

Literature

required literature
• PETR, M., DOSTAL, O., KREISELOVÁ , I., VAVŘÍČEK, V. Zakázané dohody a zneužívání dominantního postavení v ČR. Praha : C.H.Beck, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7400-307-3
• Petr, M. Studijní texty „Soutěžní právo“. ESF MU. Portál výuky právních předmětů ESF: Webová adresa: http://pravoesf.econ.muni.cz/. Informace o přístupových právech k webové aplikaci jsou zveřejněny v IS/Studijní materiály předmětu/Učební texty/.
• Raus, D., Neruda, R. Zákon o ochraně hospodářské soutěže - komentář a související české i komunitární předpisy. 2. vydání. Praha: Linde, 2006, 672 s.

recommended literature
• Raus, D., Neruda, R. Hospodářská soutěž po vstupu ČR do EU. Praha:PB Books, 2005, 360 s.
• Bednář, J., Buchta, J., Petr, M. Zákon o ochraně hospodářské soutěže s komentářem. 2. aktualizované a přepracované vydání. Praha: Linde, 2006, 232 s
• Bellamy, C., Child, G. European Community Law of Competiton. Fifth Edition. London: Sečet & Maxwell, 2001, 1338 s.
• Goyder, D. G. EC Competition Law. Fourth Edition. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003, 592 s.
• Ritter, L., Braun, W. D. European Competition Law: A Practicioner’s Guide. Third Edition. The Hague: Kluwer Law International, 2004, 1226 s.
• Wils, W. Principles of European Antitrust Enforcement. Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2005,187 s.
• Wish, R. Competition Law. Fifth Edition. London: LexisNexis, 2003, 989 s.

Teaching methods

Lectures, practical examples, discussion of solved cases, argumentation.

Assessment methods

The course finishes with a written exam. Students allowed to take the exam after passing a mid-term test.
"Any copying, recording or leaking tests, use of unauthorized tools, aids and communication devices, or other disruptions of objectivity of exams (credit tests) will be considered non-compliance with the conditions for course completion as well as a severe violation of the study rules. Consequently, the teacher will finish the exam (credit test) by awarding grade "F" in the Information System, and the Dean will initiate disciplinary proceedings that may result in study termination."

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

The course is taught annually.

Information about innovation of course.

This course has been innovated under the project "Inovace studia ekonomických disciplín v souladu s požadavky znalostní ekonomiky (CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0227)" which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.

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