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Competition Law and the Regulation of Network Industries
13.5hours
2credits
Module
Sessions
- 11.04.2025 13:30
- 18.04.2025 13:30
- 25.04.2025 13:30
This module will cover in particular the following topics
- Regulation and regulatory theory: Why regulation (legal, political and economic reasons)?
- Market opening reforms and basic components of regulation: EU liberalisation policy
- Institutions of regulation (Commission, national regulatory agencies)
- Energy regulation (gas and electricity)
- Electronic communications regulation
- Price regulation
- Access price regulation, vertical separation and investment
- Universal service and Internet neutrality
- Application of competition policy to electronic communications markets: margin squeeze, cartels, mergers
- Application of competition law to energy markets: abuse, agreements, mergers
- Relationship between competition law and regulation
- Case studies
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