Working Group on Competition Law

For more than 50 years now the Bundeskartellamt has organised an annual meeting of the Working Group on Competition Law ("Professorentagung") . The group consists of university professors from economic and legal faculties and judges from the competition divisions at the courts, who come together to discuss current competition law issues.

The English language working papers of recent meetings can be accessed here. For more information see the German website.

The working papers of recent meetings can be accessed here:

Year	Topic
2024	National abuse control and relative market power in the European context
2023	Guidelines on Article 102 TFEU - New standards for abuse control?
2022	Merger control in the digital age – Challenges and development perspectives
2021	Digital Markets Act: Perspectives in (inter)national competition law
2020	Open markets and sustainable economic activity – public interest objectives as a challenge for competition law practice
2019	Quo vadis Vertikal-GVO - Zeit für eine Anpassung an die Digitalökonomie? (German only)
2018	Was kann und soll die kartellrechtliche Missbrauchsaufsicht? (German only)
2017	Innovations – challenges for competition law practice
2013	Vertical Restraints in the Internet Economy
2011	Fuel Prices - market power, pricing and consequences
2008	Buyer Power in Competition Law - Status and Perspectives
2007	“The future of abuse control in a more economic approach to competition law”
2006	"Conglomerate Mergers in Merger Control - Review and Prospects"
2001	“Prohibition Criteria in Merger Control - Dominant Position versus Substantial Lessening of Competition?” Short summary of the conclusions of the discussion Title, contents and literature relating to the Working paper