EUROPEAN COMPETITION LAW

Course Code: DR III 13.1 • Study year: III • Academic Year: 2022-2023
Domain: Law • Field of study: Law
Type of course: Elective (1 of 2)
Language of instruction: Romanian
Erasmus Language of instruction: English
Name of lecturer: Ioan Lazar
Seminar tutor: Ioan Lazar
Form of education Full-time
Form of instruction: Class
Number of teaching hours per semester: 42
Number of teaching hours per week: 3
Semester: Summer
Form of receiving a credit for a course: Grade
Number of ECTS credits allocated 4

Course aims:

• Describe concepts, theories and methodologies used in the field of law
• Styling the specialist legal language, written and oral, and the instruments of legal logic for an explanation and interpretation of concepts and theories of industry-specific
• Use legal language for the assessment concepts, theories and methods established in the field of law
• Using legal language in the development of professional projects
• Defining and classifying theories and principles used in the study of entitlement

Course Entry Requirements:

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Course contents:

RELEVANT CONCEPTS IN EU COMPETITION LAW. THE CONCEPT OF: UNDERTAKING; CONSUMER AND CUSTOMER; RELEVANT CONCEPTS IN EU COMPETITION LAW. THE CONCEPT OF: COMMON MARKET; INTERNAL MARKET; SINGLE MARKET; RELEVANT MARKET (PRODUCTS MARKET AND GEOGRAPHICAL MARKET); COMPETITION. THE COMPETITION POLICY OF THE EUROPEAN UNION: INSTITUTIONS INVOLVED IN CREATING AND IMPLEMENTING EU COMPETITION POLICY THE COMPETITION POLICY OF THE EUROPEAN UNION: THE COMPETITION POLICY OF THE EU AND OTHER COMMON POLICIES EU COMPETITION LAW: CONCEPT AND CHARACTERISTICS; SOURCES OF EU COMPETITION LAW. EU COMPETITION LAW: INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS REGARDING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF EU COMPETITION LAW; ANTICOMPETITIVE AGREEMENTS BETWEEN UNDERTAKINGS. INTRODUCTION. ANTICOMPETITIVE AGREEMENTS BETWEEN UNDERTAKINGS. FORMS OF ANTICOMPETITIVE AGREEMENTS. ABUSE OF DOMINANCE: INTRODUCTIVE ASPECTS, ELEMENTS OF ABUSE OF DOMINANCE; ABUSE OF DOMINANCE: JUSTIFICATION OF ABUSE OF DOMINANCE; SANCTIONING ABUSE OF DOMINANCE. CONCENTRATIONS BETWEEN UNDERTAKINGS STATE AIDS: INTRODUCTION STATE AIDS: FORMS OF STATE AID, PROCEDURAL NORMS IN STATE AID CONTROL. PUBLIC UNDERTAKINGS

Teaching methods:

Lecture, conversation, exemplification.

Learning outcomes:

• Applying theories, principles and concepts in a context determined • Preliminary analysis of the data, their interpretation, the carrying out of classifications and some conceptual delineations • Development of Vocational projects using theories, principles and specific methods of entitlement.

Learning outcomes verification and assessment criteria:

Written paper – interpretative essay – 80%; continuous assessment – 20%.

Recommended reading:

• Lazăr I., Dreptul Uniunii Europene în domeniul concurenței, Ed. Universul Juridic, București, 2016
• Ioan Lazăr, Măsurile financiar‑fiscale si politica Uniunii Europene in domeniul ajutoarelor de stat, Ed. Hamangiu, București, 2018;
• Căpăţână O., Dreptul concurenţei comerciale. Partea generală, ed. a 2-a, Ed. Lumina Lex, Bucureşti, 1998;
• Kameoka E., Competition Law and Policy in Japan and the EU, Ed. Edward Elgar Limited, Cheltenham, 2014.
• Jones A., Sufrin B., EU Competition Law: Text, Cases and Materials, ed. a 5-a, Ed. Oxford University Press, Oxford,