Podcast
PresentationsOn April 17th 2020, Maria Jaspers (Head of the Antitrust Policy and Case Support Unit, DG COMP) and Rainer Becker (Head of the Antitrust: Pharma and Health services Unit, DG COMP) presented, at the occasion of the fourth webinar of the Concurrences Quarantine Webinar Series, the measures taken by the European Commission with regard to antitrust in the context of the health crisis (dedicated page with materials here). In this debriefing webinar, chaired by Frédéric Jenny (President, OECD Competition Committee), John Davies (Executive Vice President, Compass Lexecon), Luc Gyselen (Partner, Arnold & Porter) and Jérôme Philippe (Partner, Freshfields) reacted to their intervention and shared their point of view as private practitioners.
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Documentation
> e-Competitions Bulletin Special Issue Covid-19 - Available for all:
1. Competition Law & COVID-19 (click here)
2. Mergers & COVID-19 (click here)
3. State aid & COVID-19 (click here)
> Concurrences Review Special Issue Covid-19 - Available for Concurrences subscribers (click here)
Présentations PPT: Available for Concurrences+ subscribers (see above)
Video: Available for Concurrences+ subscribers (see below)
Podcast: Available for Concurrences+ subscribers (click here)
Synthesis: Available for Concurrences+ subscribers (see above)
Transcript: Available for Concurrences+ subscribers (see above)
The Quarantine Webinar Series is held with the support of Concurrences partners. Up to 50 % of the proceeds received for this Series will be donated to Doctors Without Borders working in projects around the world to fight the spread of coronavirus.
Synthesis
Frédéric Jenny (Chairman, OECD Competition Committee) introduced the discussion by presenting the panellists and outlining a few introductory remarks, thereby emphasising issues raised for competition law enforcement by the Covid-19 crisis.
