Programme

10 Competition Law and the Regulation of Network Industries
fleche Outline
  1. Overview of theories of regulation (the institutions of regulation in the EU: EU institutions, Member States, NRAs, courts, the relationship between sector-specific regulation and competition law, European liberalization policy)
  2. Price regulation in end-consumer markets
  3. Vertical separation
  4. Optimal design of regulatory architecture
  5. Energy regulation :
    1. competing regulatory models
    2. regulating transmission charges
    3. harnessing renewable energy
  6. Telecom regulation :
    1. access based v. facilities based competition
    2. access regulation to telecom network
  7. Content regulation :
    1. Pay TV: regulation of a two-sided market
    2. Network neutrality and the content/network interface
  8. Assessing the success of recent deregulation initiatives

fleche Organization

The course is entirely taught in English, with 15 in-class hours.
The course takes place over a periode of three weeks, with three weekly lectures on Friday afternoons from 1:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
A lunch is provided at 12:30 p.m. prior to the beginning of each class.
Participants will receive a documentation pack.


fleche Tuition fee

The fee for the course is €500.
In-house lawyers and civil servants are eligible for a special reduced fee of €400.


fleche Venue

The course will take place on the premises of the Federation of Enterprises in Belgium (FEB), Rue Ravenstein 4, 1000 Brussels


fleche Registration

Download the apply form, print it out, fill in and return to Mr. Charles Gheur.

By e-mail : info@brusselsschoolofcompetition.eu
By fax : +32 2 515 09 85
By post : Rue Ravenstein 4, 1000 Brussels