State Aid Law Forum 2024

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04 October 2024

Venue: Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Budapest, Szentkirályi u. 28., Pope St. John Paul II Hall

8.30-9.00 Registration and coffee

9.00-9.15 Welcome addresses by László Komáromi, dean of the Law School

Morning Sessions chaired by Tihamér Tóth (judge of the General Court of the EU and PPCU)

9.15-11.00 First panel: Recent developments and Challenges at EU and Member States levels

9.15-9.40 Karl Soukup (director of DG Comp, EU Commission): State aid policy – looking back and ahead

9.40-10.10 Ion Galea (judge of the General Court of the EU): Highlights from the case law of the EU Courts

10.10-10.30 László Gyerkó (Romanian Competition Council, councillor, member of the board): State aid enforcement in Romania – a proper tool for sustainable development

10.30-10.50 Anita Gyürkés (head of the State Aid Monitoring Office): Challenges of back to normal

10.50-11.00 Discussion

11.00-11.20 Coffee break

11.20-12.30 Second panel: The Application of the Market Economy operator Principle in Practice

Panel members: Eszter Hargita (State Aid Monitoring Office), Áron Kovalóczy (DLA Piper Business Advisory, Budapest), Jacques Derenne (University of Liège)

Lunch Break

13.30-15.00 Third panel: Foreign subsidy Regulation and competition rules

Chair: Mónika Papp (HUN-REN Centre for Social Sciences)

Panel members: Daniel Colgan (DLA Piper, Brussels), Peter Staviczky (Permanent Representation of Hungary to the EU), Judit Buránszki (head of the M&A section of the GVH)

15.00 Closing remarks by Tihamér Tóth

Sponsored by

Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences

H-1088 Budapest, Szentkirályi u. 28.

Our University is the oldest still existing Hungarian universitas. Its founder, Péter Pázmány, was the most influential figure of the 17^th century Catholic palingenesis, whose works prepared the way for the fame of the Hungarian literary language. His language and multy-coloured style established a convention to be followed for centuries, and his works of almost 12 thousand pages are a treasure of Hungarian literature. During the Turkish occupation, Pázmány acted "according to the desolate state of the country", when, keeping an eye on the welfare of the whole country, for the sake of the elevation of the nation, he established the university by his founding letter of 12 May 1635, which is significant in the history of the Hungarian educational system and chuch culture.