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Provisional Agenda and Main Themes of the Conference on Current Trends in Competition Law

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Provisional Agenda

09:00 – 09:15 | Opening of the Conference

Juraj Beňa, Chairman of AMO


09:15 – 10:15 | Challenges Faced by Competition Authorities in Slovakia and the Czech Republic

  • Peter Demčák, Vice-Chairman of AMO
  • Kamil Nejezchleb, Vice-Chairman of the Office for the Protection of Competition of the Czech Republic
  • moderated by Robert Neruda, Havel & Partners


10:15 – 10:30 | Morning Refreshment Break 


10:30 – 12:00 | The Need for Reform of Mandatory Merger Notification  

  • Terézia Kianičková, Case Handler of the European Commission
  • Ibrahim Bah, Director of Competition Enforcement and Mergers of Competition and Consumer Protection Commission of Ireland
  • Vladímír Peciar, Chief Economist of AMO
  • moderated by Erika Lovásová, Director of Concentrations Division of AMO


12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch Break 


13:00 – 14:30 | Labour Markets and Cartel Agreements 

  • Satoshi Araki, Economist of OECD
  • Zombor Berezvai, Head of Economics and Market Research of Hungarian Competition Authority
  • Martin Nedelka, Nedelka Kubáč advokáti
  • moderated by Juraj Sýrny, Director of Cartels Division of AMO


14:30 – 14:45 | Afternoon Refreshment Break 


14:45 – 16:15 | Standard of Proof in Competition Law

  • Claire Simpson, Senior Counsel of Competition and Internal Market Division of EFTA Surveillance Authority
  • Igor Pospíšil, Director of Cartels Division of the Office for the Protection of Competition of the Czech Republic
  • Kateřina Schenková, Senior Associate of Baker McKenzie
  • moderated by Michaela Nosa, Director of Legislative, Legal and Foreign Relations Division of AMO


16:15 – 16:30 | Closing Remarks 


18:00 – 22:00 | Reception at Hotel Devín

Details of Main Themes

The Need for the Reform of Mandatory Merger Notification 

  • How do notification criteria work and how have other mechanisms to capture potentially problematic mergers proven themselves (the approach of the EU and other EU member states)?
  • Do we need to reform the notification criteria in the context of Slovak realities (the evaluation of their effectiveness and what are we missing)?
  • How to set up an adequate and effective merger notification mechanism?

Labour Markets and Cartel Agreements

  • Competition law as a suitable tool for solving collusion between employers
  • An economic perspective on (anti)competitive practices between employers
  • Application pitfalls in practice