Lena Hornkohl (Deputy Editor), Author at Kluwer Competition Law Blog

European Commission, European Union, Subsidies, White Paper

‘The EU should not be a naïve open economy’ – Conference debriefing: Webinar White Paper on Foreign Subsidies after the public consultation

Lena Hornkohl (Deputy Editor) (University of Vienna, Austria)/October 12, 2020October 12, 2020 /Leave a comment

The public consultation for the European Commission’s White Paper on Foreign Subsidies closed on September 23 this year. Perfect timing to discuss the stakeholders’ feedback. Wolters Kluwer therefore organized a webinar on October 8, 2020, involving leading experts from the Commission, WTO, OECD, and private practice: Eddy De Smijter, Head of the International Relations Unit…

ECN, European Court of Justice, National competition authorities (NCAs), References for a preliminary ruling, Spain

National Competition Authorities and Article 267 TFEU: the ECJ’s take on the referral by the Spanish Commission on Markets and Competition and its implications

Lena Hornkohl (Deputy Editor) (University of Vienna, Austria)/September 22, 2020September 28, 2020 /Leave a comment

A welcome post by the new Deputy Editor Introduction and summary In the recent Anesco case, the ECJ held the preliminary request of the Spanish National Commission on Markets and Competition (CNMC) inadmissible due to the fact that the CNMC was not a ‘court or tribunal’ for the purpose of Article 267 TFEU. The ECJ…