Effectiveness and Coherence in Article 102 TFEU: CELS Lunchtime Seminar

Speaker: Professor Niamh Dunne, LSEBiography: Niamh Dunne is a professor at the Law School of the London School of Economics, where she teaches and researches in competition law.Abstract: Is it possible to reconcile the competing visions of what constitutes ‘effective’ abuse of dominance enforcement that emerge from the contemporary jurisprudence of the Commission and the Court of Justice? Article 102 has been a focal point for efforts both to modernise but also to render more effective the application of EU competition law, with different strands of recent case law emphasising the pursuit of market efficiency, the protection of equality of market access, and the prevention of exploitation by dominant undertakings. This presentation will explore the coherence of these developments, and consider whether this question matters in light of the Commission’s stated objective of achieving ‘a robust enforcement’ of Article 102. For more information see:https://www.cels.law.cam.ac.uk/weekly-seminar-series