On 30 September 2011 the College of Europe and the Global Competition Law Centre (GCLC) organise a high level conference on the Reform of State Aid Rules on Services of General Economic Interest (SGEI). 

The programme features a speech by Joaquín Almunia, Vice-President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Competition, who will present the reform, participate in a panel discussion and answer questions from the audience. Top level European Commission officials will explain the content and objectives of the new rules.

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On 27 and 28 October 2011 the GCLC organises its Seventh Annual Conference. The 2011 edition will be devoted to the Effects-Based Approach in EU Competition Law.

A set of high level speakers will cover the following topics:

• History and State of Play: Scope of the Effects-Based Approach in Antitrust and Merger Control
• Striking the Balance Right: Anticompetitive Effects vs. Object under Article 101 and 102 TFEU
• Understanding the Analytical Framework: Theories of Harm, Evidence, Causality and Defences
• Gauging the Impact of the Effects-Based Approach on:
• Courts dealing with economic analysis and evidence;
• Competition Authorities in selecting, managing and deciding cases;
• Companies and their Counsels in search of legal certainty and compliance.

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