Training in EU Competition Law

On June 5, 2015, attorney members of Association of Law Firms of Georgia attended a training in EU Competition Law.
Training was held by the expert Filip Tuytschaever, a professor at the University of Brussels and the managing partner of the international law firm “the Contrast”.
Training covered issues such as the role of the European Union and the European Commission and the appeal procedure, the concept of Competition Law, the start of the competition law investigation, horizontal and vertical agreements, cartels, criteria to reveal dominant companies on the market; the burden of proof in court proceedings and the rules for calculation of damages imposed by the Court of Justice of the European Union.
Training was organized by the Transparency International Georgia, funded by the Embassy of the Royal Kingdom of The Netherlands in Tbilisi.