Transcript Workshop on Competition law aspects

Workshop on competition law aspects
International Legal Expert Meeting, 19-20 January 2012
Leiden University, The Netherlands
Jacques Derenne
January 2012
"Automatic abuse"
Joined Articles 102 - 106(1) TFEU
• Sacchi, 1974, prima facie legality
• Höfner, 1991, "automatic abuse" (RTT etc.)
• Corbeau, 1993, illegality presumption
– tentative classification:
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inability to meet demand (Höfner)
conflict of interest (FR postal framework, RTT)
reservation of ancillary activity (hybrid mail, 2008)
• Article 106(2) TFEU
– SGEI
– restrictive interpretation
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State aid
• C-431/07 P, Bouygues and Bouygues Telecom
– no State aid (confirmation SA.29191, Free)
• Altmark criteria
• public procurement procedure: a panacea?
• State aid issues in PP(P)
– favourable contract terms (BAI, 1999)
– changes to contract terms (London Underground, 2002)
– secondary criteria (BAI, 1999)
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