Workshop "Abuses of Economic Dependence"

Abuses of Economic Dependence, Between Competition and Contract Laws: EU and Member States Law Perspectives

Monday, September 21, 2015

Faculty of Law – Nice – Salle du Conseil - 10h-17h

Patrice Bougette, Frédéric Marty, and Patrice Reis (coordinators)

Opening Speeches (10h-10h15)

Michel Rainelli, Nice Sophia Antipolis University Vice-President  

Christian Vallar, Faculty of Law Dean

Patrick Musso, Director of the GREDEG

First Session (10h15-12h30):  Abuse of Economic Dependence and Competition Law

Chairman: Michel Rainelli (Nice Sophia Antipolis University)

• Exploitative Abuse and Abuse of Economic Dependence: An Industrial Economics Approach (Patrice Bougette & Frédéric Marty, CNRS and Nice Sophia Antipolis University)
• An Institutional Economics Based Perspective on the Abuse of Economic Power (Oliver Budzinski, Technische Universität Ilmenau)
• Is Competition Law a Relevant Tool to Address Such Issues? (David Bosco, Aix Marseille University)
• Abuse of Economic Dependence and Competition Law – Italian case (Philipp Fabbio, Università Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria)

Lunch break

Second Session (13h15-16h15): Abuse of Economic Dependence and Contract Law

Chairman: Mehdi Mezaguer (Nice Sophia Antipolis University)

• Abuse of Economic Dependence from Competition Law to Contract Law – French Case (Patrice Reis, Nice Sophia Antipolis University)
• French 2008 Law on Restrictive Practices and the Notion of Significant Disequilibria in Contract Law (Eva Mouial, Nice Sophia Antipolis University)
• The Objective Control of Contractual Disequilibria (Faustine Jacomino, Nice Sophia Antipolis University)

A French lawyer’s perspective (16h15-16h45)

Economic Dependence and Contractual Disequilibria in Practice  (Jean-Louis Fourgoux, cabinet Fourgoux et Associés)

Concluding Remarks (16h45-17h)

Marina Teller, Director of the GREDEG Law Department (Nice Sophia Antipolis University)