EU-China Competition Week
EU-China Workshop on State Aid Control
17 October 2014, Beijing, China
Minzu Hotel, Donghua Hall on 11th Floor
No.51 Fuxingmennei Dajie, Xichang District, Beijing, China
08:30-09:00 |
Registration |
09:00-09:15 |
Opening remarks
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Mr XU Kunlin, Director General of Price Supervision and Anti-Monopoly Bureau, National Development and Reform Commission
Ms Blanca RODRIGUEZ-GALINDO, Head of Unit of International Relations (A-5) (former Head of Unit for Regional Aid), Directorate General for Competition of the European Commission |
Moderators: |
Hilary Jennings, Special Advisor on Competition Policy, EUCTP II |
09:15-10:30 |
Session I – Control of State aid in the EU: |
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- General principles prohibiting State aid,
- Notion of State aid,
- Introduction to the criteria for the assessment of State aid,
- Procedures for reviewing State aid - notification and standstill obligations,
- The role of transparency and the State aid scoreboard
- Measures available against illegal State aid – recovery of illegal State aid
Presented by: Mr Torben TOFT, Principal Administrator (International Relations, A-5), Directorate General for Competition, European Commission, Brussels |
10:30 -10:45 |
Tea Break |
10:45 -11:45 |
Session II – Practical application of the EU State Aid control rules |
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- How does the European Commission administer the general prohibition on granting State aid?
- Examples of detailed guidelines applied in the control of State aid
- Criteria for the assessment of State aid
- Practical experiences in applying the State aid prohibition: regional aid and rescue and restructuring aid
Presented by Ms Blanca RODRIGUEZ-GALINDO, Head of Unit of International Relations (A-5) (former Head of Unit for Regional Aid), Directorate General for Competition of the European Commission |
11:45-12:15 |
Q & A session |
12:15-13:45 |
Lunch |
13:45-14:45 |
Session II – Practical application of the EU State Aid control rules (continued) |
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- How does the European Commission administer the general prohibition on granting State aid?
- Examples of detailed guidelines applied in the control of State aid
- Criteria for the assessment of State aid
- Practical experiences in applying the State aid prohibition: regional aid and rescue and restructuring aid
Session III – The International Dimension of EU State Aid Control:
International aspects of EU State aid control and its compatibility with WTO rules
Presented by:Hilary Jennings, Special Advisor on Competition Policy, EUCTP II |
14:45-15:00 |
Tea break |
15:00-16:30 |
Session IV – Provisions in the Anti-monopoly Law of PRC on abuse of administrative powers to eliminate or restrict competition and related law enforcement practice |
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Presentation by Ms ZHI Shengmin, Director of Price Supervision and Anti-Monopoly Bureau, National Development and Reform Commission
Comments by
- Mr WANG Xiaoye, Research fellow of Law Department, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; Member of expert consultant group, State Council’s Anti-Monopoly Committee
- Prof SHI Jianzhong, China University of Political Science and Law; Member of expert consultant group, State Council’s Anti-Monopoly Committee
- Prof YE Guangliang, Hanqing Advanced Institute of Economics and Finance, Renmin University of China
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16:30-17:00 |
Q & A session and open discussion |
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17:00-17:10 |
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[Consecutive interpretation both from English-Chinese and Chinese-English provided] |