Workshop on identifying anti-competitive behaviours in markets
21 October 2015
No.301, Zhao Jia Bang Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai
Agenda
08:30-09:00 |
Registration |
Moderator: Ms Hilary JENNINGS, Special Adviser on Competition Policy, EUCTP II |
09:00-12:30 |
Session I: Co-ordination and information exchange
Overview:
- When is information exchange pro-competitive?
- What constitutes illicit information exchange?
- The legal and economic perspectives
- What steps have regulators taken to reduce the risk of horizontal co-ordination?
09:00 – 10:00 Presentation by Laure Dosogne-Varaire, Case handler, French Competition Authority
10:00 – 10:30 Commentary by Georgina Lake, Assistant Project Director, UK CMA; Simon Vande Walle, DG Competition, European Commission
10:30 – 10:40 tea break
10:40 – 11:20 Presentation by SU Yu, Anti-Monopoly and Anti-Unfair Competition Enforcement Bureau, SAIC
11:20 – 12:30 Q&A |
12:30-14:00 |
Lunch |
14:00-17:00 |
Session II: Hub and spoke agreements
Overview:
- Atypical cartels: how do hub and spoke agreements differ from cartels?
- Test for establishing hub and spoke agreement
- Should they be investigated as a by object / per se agreement?
- Do they require special consideration by competition enforcers?
14:00 – 15:00 Presentation by Georgina Lake, Assistant Project Director, UK CMA
15:00 – 15:20 tea break
15:20 – 16:00 Commentary by Director ZHAO Guobin, Anti-Monopoly and Anti-Unfair Competition Enforcement Bureau, SAIC
16:00 – 16:50 Q&A |
16:50- 17:00 |
Closing Remarks |
[Consecutive interpretation from English-Chinese and Chinese-English provided]