EU law and sport
EU law and sport
1st Annual Conference on EU Law - Competition and Sport
Budapest
24 - 25 May 2024
Schedule
Friday
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8:30 AM
Registration and coffee
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9:00 AM
Welcome addresses by László Komáromi, dean of the Law School and Csaba Zs. Rigó, president of the Hungarian Competition Authority
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9:15 AM
Savvas Papasavvas (vice-president of the General Court of the EU): The expanding competence of the General Court
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09:45 AM
Zoltán Csehi (judge of the EU Court of Justice): Highlights from the case law of the EU Courts
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10:10 AM
Jesper Svenningsen (judge of the General Court of the EU): Challenges relating to judicial review of merger decisions
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10:40 AM
Discussions
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10:50 AM
Coffee break
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11:20 AM
First panel: State Aid cases
Chair: Tihamér Tóth (judge of the General Court of the EU, PPCU)
Panel members: Peter Staviczky (Permanent Representation of Hungary to the EU), Tünde Gönczöl (Dentons), Wolfgang Weiß (Universität Speyer)
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12:50 PM
Lunch break
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2:00 PM
Second panel: The organization of professional sport events: which activities of clubs and federations should be subject to competition rules?
Chair: András Tóth (vice-president of the Hungarian Competition Authority)
Panel members: Alfredos Theodorakopoulos (EU Court of Justice, référendaire), Zsigmond Nagy (president of Sportjus), András Horváth (Baker & McKenzie)
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3:30 PM
Coffee break
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3:50 PM
Third panel: Regulated competition in digital markets
Chair: Pál Szilágyi
Panel members: Pēteris Zilgalvis (judge of the General Court of the EU), András Koltay (president of the National Media and Infocommunication Authority), Pál Belényesi (Dentons)
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5:00 PM
17.00 Closing remarks by Tihamér Tóth
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6:00 PM
Social event: cruise on Danube (see full schedule)
Saturday
09:00 - 14:00
Badminton competition
Venue: Hodos Tamás Tollaslabda Csarnok, Budapest, Váci út 102.
The event is supported by Unilever Hungária Kft., and opened by Péter Kapitány, president of the Hungarian Badminton Association
This is both a social and sportive event, no professional sport skills are necessary, as badminton is a sport almost everyone can play at some level. Participants will be provided with refreshments and a light lunch.
The event will be organized and assisted by a professional club in the badminton hall of Budapest.
Participants will be grouped into three categories: beginners (players “for fun”, those who have not played badminton professionally), hobby players (who already know the rules, and play badminton in a hall from time to time), professional players (former or current members of a badminton club, with an experience of participation in badminton tournaments). Players can play both singles and doubles. We will not have a separate competition for men and women, unless we receive a sufficient number of applications for the professional category.
Following a team-building warm-up, the rules will be explained. Some rockets will be provided by the hall. Matches will be played with plastic shuttles, unless players agree otherwise and provide feather shuttles.
Participants of the conference who paid the conference fee, as well as representatives of the sponsors are welcome to participate in this social event without an additional fee.
Others may participate subject to a fee of 10.000 HUF (25 EUR). Please submit your request to
- Early bird (until 31 March) registration fee (onlythe conference): 50 EUR
- Registration fee (from 1 April) (only the conference): 65 EUR
- River excursion (social programme): 110 EUR
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We would also like to express our special gratitude to the St. Andrea Winery supporting our event!
