2nd Conference on Merger Control – Recent Trends in EU and Croatian Competition Law
Zagreb, 14 December 2010
Dedication
In memory of late Dr Vedran Šoljan, one of the most distinguished Croatian competition law scholars
Time
Tuesday, 14 December 2010, from 14:00 to 18:30hrs
Venue
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Economics and Business, Trg J. F. Kennedya 6, Zagreb, lecture room 7
Framework
Organised within the framework of the Project of the Croatian Ministry of Science 067-0671442-1439, https://zprojekti.mzos.hr/page.aspx?pid=96&lid=1, Project Leader: Doc. dr. sc. Jasminka Pecotić Kaufman, jpecotic@efzg.hr
Registration
https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dEVzOWNmSzZpb0Q4SnRQa29tbldvTXc6MQ
Registration deadline
10 December 2010
Conference fee
There is no fee for this conference
Contact
Tea Jagić, tjagic@efzg.hr
Programme
14:00
Opening address
Doc. dr. sc. Jasminka Pecotić Kaufman, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Economics and Business
Prof. dr. sc. Zvonimir Slakoper, Head of the Law Department, Faculty of Economics and Business
Mr. sc. Olgica Spevec, President of the Croatian Competition Council
I Part
Moderator: Prof. dr. sc. Siniša Petrović, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Law
14:10 – 14:30
André Bywater, Key Legal Expert, CroCompete Project
Substantive and Procedural Issues in Merger Cases in the Context of the Economic and Financial Crisis, with a particular focus on EU Cases
14:30 – 14:50
Doc. dr. sc. Dubravka Akšamović, University of Osijek, Faculty of Law
New Competition Act - Reflections on Merger Control in Croatia
14:50 – 15:10
Dr Pál Szilágyi, Director of the Hungarian Competition Law Research Centre, Budapest
Recent Developments in Hungarian Merger Control Focusing on the Change in the Substantive Test
15:10 – 15:30
Boris Babić, Lawyer, Babić i partneri, Zagreb
SIEC vs. Dominance Test – Croatian and EU Perspective
15:30 – 16:00
Discussion
16:00-16:30
Coffee Break
II Part
Moderator: Prof. dr. sc. Hana Horak, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Economics and Business
16:30 – 16:50
Doc. dr. sc. Jasminka Pecotić Kaufman, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Economics and Business
Assessment of Horizontal Mergers in the Practice of the Croatian Competition Agency
16:50 – 17:10
Ivan Mišetić, Lawyer, Zagreb
Role of the Monitoring and the Divestiture Trustee in Implementing Divestiture of a Business as a Type of Remedy – Points from Croatian Practice
17:10 – 17:30
Tea Jagić, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Economics and Business
Weighing Up the „Good“ and the „Bad“ of Vertical Mergers
17:30 – 17:50
Mirta Kapural, Croatian Competition Agency
Recent Developments in the Assessment of Concentrations in the EU Member States – Examples of New Merger Guidelines in France and United Kingdom
17:50 – 18:30
Discussion
18:30
End of Conference