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The first annual competition law conference of the Centre for a Common Law of Europe took place in Leuven in June 2001. The conference was devoted to 'Modernisation of the application and enforcement of European Competition Law'. The modernisation idea had been launched by the Commission in 1999 in a White paper which, at the time of the conference, had already been followed by a draft Regulation that would replace the famous Regulation No. 17 relating to the implementation of Articles 81 and 82 EC. The Commission proposes to dramatically change the scene by decentralising the application and enforcement of the EC rules on restrictive practices and abuses of dominant positions. Under the Commission's proposal, national authorities and judges would receive new competences in this area and would be expected to shoulder a substantially greater part of the day-to-day application and enforcement of the Community's competition rules. At the time of the publication of this book the adoption of the Regulation may be imminent. The book contains the papers that were delivered at the conference. The editors added a general introduction, setting out the highlights of the modernisation debate, as it was conducted in Leuven. The text of the Commission's proposal is provided as well, making this book a valuable research tool for all practitioners, academics and students that want to follow and understand the modernization process.

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Jules Stuyck has long experience in EU law, both as an attorney and as an academic. He regularly assists private clients as well as the European institutions (Commission and Council), agencies and bodies before the European Courts. He represents clients before the European Commission in competition cases, as complainants in internal market, state aid and competition disputes, and before the Belgian Competition Council (in cartel and dominance cases). He is also an experienced litigator in the Belgian courts. Until September 2013, Jules taught substantive European law at the KU Leuven and at the Raboud Universiteit Nijmegen, the Netherlands. He is now Emeritus Professor from both Universities. In recent years, he has been teaching European substantive law at the Universite Pantheon-Assas Paris 2, France. He still teaches European competition law at the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary and he is regularly invited as guest professor for EU consumer law at Paris 2. He is the author of more than 400 publications in various fields and a member of the editorial board of several Belgian and European legal journals. Hans Gilliams has been a partner at Eubelius since 1995. His practice focuses on competition, EU law, and litigation. He is member of the Brussels Bar (since 1992), the Antwerp Bar (since 2004), and the New York Bar (since 1987). He also regularly appears before the Court of Justice of the European Union. Hans holds a law degree from the University of Leuven (1984) and an LL.M. from Harvard Law School (1985). He is a former Legal Secretary to Hon. W. Van Gerven, Advocate-General at the Court of Justice of the European Communities (1988 to 1992). He serves on the editorial board of the serval journals on on commercial and competition law. He is a regular contributor to legal journals and a regular speaker at legal seminars.

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