The challenges of regulating and enforcing competition law (Bucharest 14-15 November 2019)

Abstract

On 14 – 15 November 2019, the Faculty of Law of the Bucharest University, particularly the Centre of Competition Law Studies, and the Competition Council of Romania co-organized the interna- tional scientific conference “The Challenges of Regulating and Enforcing Competition Law”. The conference’s scientific committee led by Adriana Almăşan put together senior scholars affiliated with universities of fourteen European countries (Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hun- gary, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom), the judge of the General Court of the Court of Justice of the European Union and the president of the Competition Council of Romania (Romanian national competition authority) to discuss challenges and limits of substantive and procedural competition law. The conference was held in Aula Magna of the Bucharest University with more than 300 registered participants. The conference was split into the introductory panel, seven panels (not strictly focused only on one issue) and the conference was followed by the seminar for judges from the High Court of Cassation and Justice and the Courts of Appeal.