{"id":9555,"date":"2024-06-10T16:05:45","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T14:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.d-kart.de\/?p=9555"},"modified":"2024-08-15T16:55:55","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T14:55:55","slug":"conference-debriefing-41-50-jahre-monopolkommission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.d-kart.de\/en\/blog\/2024\/06\/10\/conference-debriefing-41-50-jahre-monopolkommission\/","title":{"rendered":"Conference Debriefing (41): 50 Years of the German Monopolies Commission"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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PDF-Version: Click here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Suggested Citation: Steinert, DKartJ 2024, 25-30<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Happy Birthday, Monopolies Commission! The \u201cMonopolkommission\u201d has been advising the German government on competition matters for 50 years now. The competition community came together in Berlin to party. And what better way to celebrate the \u201cdefender of competition\u201d than with what makes it special: Intense debate and \u201ccritical discourse\u201d. Unfortunately, the birthday presents did not include political promises of implementation, but the party offered high-ranking recognition and surprising insights. Sebastian Steinert<\/strong> reports.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a translation from the original German version. For the German click here.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Event<\/strong>: 50 Years of the Monopolies Commission – Competition between Industrial Policy and Ecological Transformation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Place & Time<\/strong>: Federal Ministry of Economy and Climate Protection, Berlin, 05.06.2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hosts<\/strong>: The Ministry and the Monopolies Commission (or MoKo as it is sometimes called). The MoKo\u2019s current five members are professors J\u00fcrgen K\u00fchling and Tomaso Duso and three representatives of the business community: Dagmar Kollmann, Pamela Knapp and Constanze Buchheim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Audience<\/strong>: Everyone who occasionally deals with the Monopolies Commission: Members of Parliament such as Sandra Detzer, enforcers such as Eva-Maria Schulze (BKartA) and Thomas Deisenhofer (EU Commission), judges such as Jan Tolkmitt (BGH) and Ulrich Egger (OLG D\u00fcsseldorf), lawyers (the D\u00fcsseldorf bar strongly represented, of course), professors (e.g. Thomas Weck or Gabriela von Wallenberg, who once worked for the MoKo themselves) and of course representatives of those who are monopolists (Thoralf Schwanitz from Google), those who would like to remain monopolists (Wolfgang Kopf from Telekom), and those who are fighting against them (Peter Westenberger from railway association Die G\u00fcterbahnen).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A tight program had been prepared for the anniversary celebration: A keynote, two presentations and six discussions. And all in under five hours (spoiler: it took longer). So you can either read this conference debriefing if you are interested in the future of German competition law or if you are still looking for inspiration for your next birthday party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1.      The Difference between Theory and Practice<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A test question to start with: Which is more appealing, working in the MoKo or in the national Council of Economic Experts? While the Council is more prominent in Germany, economist Carl Christian von Weizs\u00e4cker, who was offered both memberships, gave a clear answer in his written greetings: he chose the Monopolies Commission because its work is so exciting due to the collaboration with business practitioners. The MoKo traditionally has five members, two professors (law and econ) and three representatives from business. The business is currently represented by<\/p>\n\n\n\n