2nd Pázmány EU State Aid Law Forum

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 address by János Bóka Minister of European Union Affairs, after introduction by Pál Szilágyi (PPCU, director of Competition Law Research Center)

9.15-11.00 FIRST PANEL: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS AND CHALLENGES AT EU AND MEMBER STATES LEVELS

chaired by Tihamér Tóth (judge of the General Court of the EU and prof. at PPCU)

9.15-9.40 Suzanne Kingston: Highlights from the case law of the EU Courts: State aid policy: looking back and ahead. Slides.

9.40-10.10 Koen van de Casteele (director of DG Comp, EU Commission): State aid policy. Slides.

10.10-10.30 Anita Gyürkés (head of the State Aid Monitoring Office): Challenges of “back to normal”. Slides.

10.30-10.50 Petr Solsky (vice-president, Czech Competition Authority): State aid enforcement in the Czech Republic. Slides.

10.50-11.00 Discussion

11.00-11:20 COFFEE BREAK

11.20-12.30. SECOND PANEL: GREEN ENERGY

chaired by Eszter Hargita (State Aid Monitoring Authority)

Panel members: Peter Staviczky (Permanent Representation of Hungary to the EU) (Slides), prof. Leigh Hancher (Tilburg University) (Slides), Áron Kovaloczy (DLA Piper Business Advisory) (Slides)

12.30-13.30 LUNCH BREAK

Afternoon sessions chaired by Gábor Fejes (DLA Piper, Budapest)

13.30-15.00 THIRD PANEL: PRIVATE ENFORCEMENT OF EU STATE AID RULES

Panel members: Daniel Colgan (Partner, DLA Piper, Brussels) (Slides), Manuel Fontaine (dean of Catholic University of Porto) (Slides), Sarolta Pátay-Czap (judge, Fővárosi Törvényszék) (Slides), András Osztovits (professor, Károli Gáspár University) (Slides), and Daniel Severinsson (Judge, Patent and Market Court / Stockholm District Court) (Slides)

15.00 CLOSING REMARKS by Tihamér Tóth