THE DIGITAL MARKETS ACT: EU COMPETITION POLICY AT A CROSSROADS (European University Institute (EUI). Online conference, 16 November 2020)

Within the EUI, the the online conference is organised under the umbrella framework of the Technological Change and Society research group cluster, as a first-time joint venture between the Florence Competition Programme (FCP) and the EU Competition Law and Policy Workshop. Amongst other things, this event is intended to generate input that can be used at the traditional yearly session of EU Competition Law and Policy Workshop in the Spring/Summer 2021.

The conference aims to gather academics, practitioners, officials from the EU institutions (i.e. Commission, Parliament and Council), National Competition Authorities, as well as industry representatives to discuss the pros and cons of the Digital Markets Act (DMA) proposal. The event is timely since the Commission is expected to publish the DMA proposal by the end of 2020. The proposal will later be debated within the Council and the European Parliament in the course of 2021.

<b>Presentations</b>

01. Market Investigations: A new competition tool for Europe? - Martin Peitz

02. The New Competition Tool - Institutional design and procedural rules - Heike Schweitzer

03. Interplay between the New Competition Tool and Sector-Specific Regulation in the EU - Alexandre de Streel

04-The Digital Markets Act: Underlying Theories of Harm - Monika Schnitzer