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EU Competition Law : an introduction

Anti-Competitive Agreements within the European Union

Aim of the Course

The course will provide you with an essential introduction to Anti-Competitive Agreements imposed by large suppliers or purchasers within the European Union. The course gives you the basic skills to avoid common pitfalls and potential impositions on your business. Managing a modern purchaser or supplier within the larger European market means knowing your rights, avoiding pitfalls and being aware of the latest anti-competitive legislation that could assist your business.

Learning Outcomes

• Recognize the type of agreements that will fall foul of EU Competition Law (Art 81 and 82)
• Be able to test their own agreements
• Know how to avoid becoming a party to such agreements
• Defend against having anti-competitive agreements imposed on their own business
• Know how to combat potential defences your competitors may use
• Know where to complain
• Be able to guard against price-fixing in your trade
• Be able to combat controls on production
• Avoid market sharing agreements
• Decline dissimilar trading conditions
• Refuse conditional agreements

Who Should Attend?

• Anyone involved in contract negotiations as a buyer or a seller
• Management purchasing from large EU trading suppliers

Duration

• ½ or 1 day

Law

• EU Competition Law : an introduction
• Environmental Law : an introduction
• Contracts Law : an introduction
• HR Law : overview
• Back to Training and Development

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