Invitation - Hansberry Tomkiel

EU Directive on Private Enforcement of Competition Law
Opening the door wider for civil damage actions by private plaintiffs
Seminar
April 28th (Tuesday) 2:00-5:30 p.m.
Warsaw Sheraton Hotel
How will the new private enforcement regulation strengthen the ability of private
plaintiffs to bring successful civil damage actions for violations of competition laws?
1:30 p.m.
2:00 – 2:10 p.m.
Registration
Welcome and opening of the seminar
Dr. Małgorzata Krasnodębska-Tomkiel, Dr. Marcin Radwan-Röhrenschef
2:00 – 2:30 p.m.
Introduction: Uniform rules throughout the EU for the private enforcement
of competition rules: current obstacles to private enforcement;
the Directive’s assumptions of how to correct the process, main conclusions
of those who drafted the Directive of the European Parliament and the
Council
Eddy De Smijter, Directorate General for Competition, European Commission
2:30 – 3:30 p.m.
PANEl I: Why are consumers and businesses not pursuing claims for damages
resulting from violations of the competition law (private enforcement)?
What are the current regulations that govern this area? Has the possibility
of filing class actions heightened an interest in pursuing private claims?
Are difficulties in obtaining evidence the only obstacle?
Moderator:
Dr. Marcin Radwan-Röhrenschef, Radwan-Röhrenschef Legal Office
Panelists:
Eddy
De
Smijter,
DG
Competition,
European
Dr. Ewa Stefańska, Judge at Warsaw Court of Appeals;
Maciej Stańczuk, Acting President, Polimex Mostostal SA
DISCUSSION
Commission;
3:30 - 4:00 p.m.
Coffee break
4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
PANEL II: Private enforcement of competition protection: Which provisions
of the EU Directive will be transposed into the Polish legal system? Which of
these areas may prove problematic and why? Which public administration
authorities should support the Directive’s new solutions and how should
they do so? From a practitioner’s perspective, how will the introduction of
the Directive practically change the way civil damage actions are litigated
in Poland?
Moderator:
Dr. Małgorzata Krasnodębska-Tomkiel, Hansberry Tomkiel
Panelists:
Eddy De Smijter, DG Competition, European Commission;
Honorable Katarzyna Lis-Zarrias, Legal Department, Ministry of Justice;
Andrzej Springer, BWHS Law Firm.
DISCUSSION
5:30 p.m.
Seminar wrap-up
Dorothy Hansberry-Bieguńska, Hansberry Tomkiel
The seminar will be conducted in Polish except for the presentations by Eddy De Smijter, DG
Competition, European Commission, and the wrap-up by Ms. Hansberry-Bieguńska.