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Jacques Steenbergen

Belgian Competition Authority (Brussels)

Former President

Prof. Dr. Jacques Steenbergen (born in Antwerp (Belgium) in 1949) is since its establishment as an independent authority in 2013 president of the Belgian Competition Authority. He was from 2007 to 2008 director general of the directorate general for competition in the Belgian ministry of economic affairs. He teaches competition law at the University of Leuven since 1979. Before joining the competition authority, he was partner in the Brussels office of Allen & Overy, and he has been legal secretary to the President of the Court of Justice under the presidency of Prof. J. Mertens de Wilmars. He is also member of the Bureau of the OECD Competition Committee, member of the board of editors of the Dutch-Belgian European law review SEW, member of the scientific committee of the law review Concurrences, member of the Board of the Stichting van het Koninklijk Conservatorium of Brussels (the foundation of the royal academy for music of Brussels), and honorary member of the Bar of Brussels (Nederlandse Orde van Advocaten bij de Balie te Brussel). He is a former member of the Brussels and Flemish Bar Councils. He obtained a PhD at the KU Leuven with prof. dr. W. van Gerven on legal remedies and ailing industries (1978). He holds a masters degree in law from the KU Leuven (1972), and bachelor degrees or equivalent certificates in law, philosophy and economics from the University of Antwerp (UFSIA)(1969).

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21 Jun 2022 Paris New Frontiers of Antitrust See documents

9 Nov 2021 Brussels Brussels Antitrust in Home Office - Photo exhibition See documents

2 Mar 2021 Webinar EU Digital Markets: Where do Member States stand? See documents

11 Jul 2019 Brussels Concurrences 15-year Anniversary: Which competition policy for 2019-2024? See documents

11 Jun 2018 Paris New frontiers of Antitrust 2018 See documents

30 Oct 2015 Paris Crossing Merger Control Frontiers: What Are The New Borders? See documents

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710 Bulletin

Jacques Steenbergen, Johan Ysewyn Belgian Competition Law: Interview of Jacques Steenbergen by Johan Ysewyn

26 May 2021 710

In spite of the fact that the Belgian Competition Authority is one of the "small kids on the block" within the ECN, it has been a trendsetter in a number of enforcement areas, such as the development of the hub-and-spoke cartel concept and the development of the interim measures tool. For (...)

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Jacques Steenbergen, Carmen Verdonck Jacques Steenbergen: Looking back at his experience as the President of the Belgian Competition Authority

September 2022 2148

Interview conducted by Carmen Verdonck, Partner, ALTIUS, Brussels After graduating with a Master in Law at the KU Leuven in 1972, you obtained a PhD at the KU Leuven with Professor Dr W. van Gerven on legal remedies and ailing industries in 1978, and you have always stayed connected with (...)

Jacques Steenbergen For effective and fair precautionary measures

November 2017 850

Efficient and equitable interim relief procedures are in the interest of the authorities as well as of their stakeholders. Their efficiency depends in the first place on the balancing of the prima facie test in order to protect both the victims of infringements in case an infringement is (...)

Caroline Naômé, Jacques Steenbergen, Laurence Idot Interplay between public and private enforcement: Uniform implementation of EU competition law and the principle of ne bis in idem (10 ans d’application du règlement 1/2003 et de la loi luxembourgeoise relative à la concurrence, Luxembourg-Kirchberg, 6 juin 2014)

December 2014 783

Two themes were covered in the roundtable. The principle of ne bis in idem concerns the interplay between different procedures of sanctions of a public nature. The interplay between public and private enforcement has been considered in the draft damages directive and in the French case-law, (...)

APDC, Daniel K. Oakes, David Bosco, Fabien Zivy, Jacques Steenbergen, John DeQ. Briggs Zivy’s report : Diverse perspectives on the cross-borders mergers

February 2014 1431

In the Eurotunnel case, the analysis conducted in parallel by the French Competition Authority and the Competition Commission on the merger between Eurotunnel and SeaFrance’s assets, brought to divergent outcomes. This case gives the opportunity to discuss about the European approach to (...)

Alexander Italianer, Jacques Steenbergen, Vincent Van Quickenborne Belgian Competition Day - Opening and closing Statements (Brussels, October 21th 2010)

February 2011 1192

This article reproduces the opening statement delivered at the Belgian Competition Day held in Brussels on October 21, 2010. Prof. Steenbergen emphasises that the Belgian competition authority aims at contributing to a competition culture, and that it tries to do so not only by establishing (...)

Charles (Chuck) Webb, Gabriel Bleser, Jacques Steenbergen, Michal S. Gal Conference: Small economies and competition policy - A fair deal?

September 2008 4892

The question of how size affects optimal competition law generates increasing interest. Accordingly, this special issue of the Revue Concurrences includes some of the papers presented at the conference on competition law in small economies. In this essay, Prof. Gal argues that, the size of an (...)

Jacques Steenbergen, Nicolas Petit Jacques Steenbergen (Belgian Competition Authority): A Counsel for the Belgium NCA

September 2008 6773

QUESTIONS : 1. Since April 2007, you are the Director General of the Belgian Service for Competition. Prior to this, you were a Partner in a major international law firm, as well as a Professor at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. Could you please come back on the reasons which induced you (...)