Hot off the press: The draft Article 102 guidelines by the European Commission – an economic perspective

On 4 September Oxera hosted a webinar to discuss the European Commission draft guidelines on Article 102.

During this webinar, we reviewed the guidelines from an economic perspective and discussed a number of questions, including:

How do the draft guidelines reflect economic theories of anti-competitive foreclosure?
Do they help distinguish anti-competitive conduct from legitimate competition?
Will they support the European Commission’s objective of delivering a workable effects-based approach?

Speakers:

Main speaker: Lluís Saurí Romero, Acting Chief Economist, DG Competition

Discussants:

Massimo Motta, ICREA-Univ. Pompeu Fabra and Barcelona School of Economics, former Chief Economist of DG Competition

Giulio Federico, Partner, Oxera

Chair: Helen Jenkins, Partner, Oxera.