TR IV - Anticompetitive object vs. anticompetitive effect: Does it really matter? (New Frontiers of Antitrust Conference - Paris, 10 February 2012)

The fourth roundtable of the conference “New frontiers of Antitrust”, Paris, 10 February 2012, was dedicated to the distinction between anticompetitive object and anticompetitive effect. In the first contribution, Richard Whish, Professor at the King’s College of London, provides some introductory comments. Nicholas Forwood, Judge at the General Court of the European Union and author of the second contribution, addresses the issue of what distinction judges and enforcers made between “object” and “effect” in their application of the competition rules. Andreas Mundt, Chairman of the German Competition Authority, author of the third contribution, provides the point of view of the Bundeskartellamt in this matter. In the last contribution, Christophe Lemaire, partner at Ashurst review what has (or should have) changed in the distinction.