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Becoming the DMA: The Parliament’s Compromise (for now)

Becoming the DMA: The Parliament’s Compromise (for now)

Writing about the DMA means jumping on a passing train (with a parachute). The draft Regulation is in constant flow: The Commission’s first serve was shelled with 1199 amendments proposed to Andreas Schwab, the Rapporteur for the European Parliament Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) by his colleagues. Once Parliament agrees on a compromise text, the trilogue negotiations with the Commission and the Council will start. The IMCO’s compromise text of Oct. 3 (hereinafter Compromise Amendments) was…

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Conference Debriefing (20): ASCOLA2020

Conference Debriefing (20): ASCOLA2020

The Academic Society for Competition Law, ASCOLA, regularly brings together the academics who research and teach in the area of competition – even this year! Instead of going to lovely Porto, however, the community of antitrust aficionados met in a three-day-Zoom-conference. Rupprecht Podszun was one of the hosts. He is the Ascola Vice President, and defying all journalistic ethics, he interviews himself here and gives his personal conference debrief for the readers of D’Kart. Thankfully, less biased Friso Bostoen shares…

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Conference Debriefing (18): GWB10-Verbändeanhörung

Conference Debriefing (18): GWB10-Verbändeanhörung

Ministerien schicken ihre Gesetzentwürfe zur Feuertaufe durch die sogenannte Verbändeanhörung. Hier sagen die Betroffenen, was sie von dem halten, was man sich da in der Ministerialbürokratie so ausgedacht hat. Jetzt war die Kartellrechtsreform an der Reihe. Rupprecht Podszun hat in Berlin verfolgt, wie sich die Stakeholder zu diesem weiten Wurf aus dem Bundeswirtschaftsministerium positionieren. Name der Veranstaltung: Verbändeanhörung zum GWB-Digitalisierungsgesetz (#GWB10) Ort & Zeit: Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie, Hörsaal der alten Kaiser-Wilhelm-Akademie, 18. Februar 2020 Gastgeber: Die Väter und…

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Conference Debriefing (17): Antitrust in Times of Upheaval – CRA 2019

Conference Debriefing (17): Antitrust in Times of Upheaval – CRA 2019

The conference circuit picked up speed again now that the end of this remarkable year is near. We were not able to attend everything out there but obviously if catering promises to be good Rupprecht Podszun is never too far – and so here is his Conference Debriefing from Woodstock! Name of Conference: Antitrust in Times of Upheaval Place & Time: Steigenberger Wiltcher’s Brussels, 10 December 2019 Host: CRA, the economic consultancy, but really it is The Cristina Caffarra Show…

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