Pablo Ibáñez Colomo: The Law & Policy of the Digital Markets Act | EU Judicial Review | New Book

Prof. Pablo Ibáñez Colomo, Professor of Law at the London School of Economics and Political Science | Ordinary Member at the Competition Appeal Tribunal | Visiting Professor at the College of Europe (Bruges) | Joint General Editor of the Journal of European Competition Law & Practice (Oxford University Press | co-editor of chillingcompet...
Prof. Ibáñez is one of the most authoritative academic voices in the area of EU Competition Law: both practical and theoretical aspects.
In this conversation we addressed the latest ideas articulated mainly in his new monograph "The New EU Competition Law", Bloomsbury, 2023 www.bloomsbury... and long paper "Law, Policy, Expertise: Hallmarks of Effective Judicial Review in EU Competition Law", Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies, Vol 24 www.cambridge....
The discussion was focused on (but by far not exhausted by) the following problems:
✔ Competition law iteration for the industrial era (structuralism, less proactive, more protective, relatively modest) vs. Competition law iteration for network industries & digital markets.
✔ Relationship between competition & regulation.
✔ The rise of policy-driven enforcement: the reasons behind it and normative view about the trend.
✔ The differences between liberalisation policy in network industries and the DMA?
✔ The role of procedural devices and the principle of good governance in current EU/UK competition law.
✔ New trend: less legal & economic certainty, more discretion, plurality of goals. Bug or feature?
✔ The use of competition law for achieving other goals (instrumentalization).
✔ Protecting vs. Promoting competition
✔ “There is another factor that may make judicial review less likely. The DMA allows the Commission to exercise its discretion in a way that avoids the adoption of formal decisions - thereby minimising the chances of a direct action”.
✔ “From Exclusion to Restructuring and Redistribution”
✔ The role of the mechanism of judicial review in the evolution of EU law?
✔ “Navigating the fine line between law and policy”. The importance of not perceiving them interchangeably.
✔ The CJEU dedication to expanding the areas of full merits judicial review. Is it the right trend? Will it continue? Can it go too far?
✔ The Commission does yet enjoy greater discretion “as far as ‘complex economic’ and ‘technical’ assessments are concerned” - evaluation; trajectory of change.
✔ Will the CJEU will tolerate the willingness of co-legislators of the DMA to grant to the Commission wider discretionary competences? Or it is against the very rationale of EU law and the new “sleeping dog will start barking” again, mitigating the newly created balance of competences?
✔ For some the DMA is an open-ended instrument, and thus it envisages policymaking. Should the Commission concretise what it aims to see as contestability and fairness as overarching goals? But then would this vision become somehow binding? Wouldn’t the Commission thereby get into the Art 102 TFEU Guidance Paper trap? On the other hand, without such specification it will probably leave it to the Court to specify.
✔ Academic life: teaching at the LSE.
✔ Decoding the introductory remarks in the book that “the classroom is the ideal space to test the most effective way to convey complex concepts”.
✔ College of Europe or/and EUI?
✔ Recommendations to students and to colleagues who are at earlier stage of their academic career.
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All previous episodes (in chronological order):
Pablo Ibáñez Colomo: The Law & Policy of the Digital Markets Act | EU Judicial Review | New Book ruclips.net/video/Gj2XlGbMj-A/видео.html
Discussing India's Draft Digital Competition Bill: Prof. Vikas Kathuria, Manjushree RM, Gokul Plaha ruclips.net/video/7olK85Kqpmw/видео.html
Herbert Hovenkamp: History & Presence of USA Antitrust Law | Goals & Schools of Competition & more ruclips.net/video/ZB1LLc2CuGU/видео.html
EU Data Act through the Prism of the DMA - Inge Graef, Björn Lundqvist, Martina Eckardt ruclips.net/video/JY6NhE0vtuM/видео.html
Drawing the Boundaries: the DMA and National Law - Marco Botta, Alba Ribera Martínez, George Gryllos ruclips.net/video/J3OKRiTpOX0/видео.html
Luigi Zingales - The Chicago School | Evolution of Digital Markets: US, EU & India | AI & Antitrust ruclips.net/video/4DNs_IyF0Eg/видео.html
Jean-François Bellis: History & Future of EU Competition Law through the Prism of Landmark Cases ruclips.net/video/IwhH2481HG4/видео.html
Prof. René Repasi, Member of the European Parliament: Digital Markets Act, European Digital Agenda ruclips.net/video/zOnD7ycFIeM/видео.html
Damien Geradin: Digital Markets Act, Compliance Reports & Gatekeepers Strategies, Goals of the DMA ruclips.net/video/peqXAtjDsbU/видео.html
Sport & EU Competition Law: Discussing Latest Cases. Ben Van Rompuy, Helene Andersson, Stijn Huijts ruclips.net/video/HtyVIsK5xDM/видео.html
Hanns Ullrich: History & Juristic Roots of EU Competition Law: Reflections from 70 Years Experience ruclips.net/video/8wzza0m8rJM/видео.html
Cristina Caffarra: “Antitrust, Regulation & the Next World Order” Event; Is Competition a Side Dish? ruclips.net/video/lvzpvc9cZqw/видео.html
EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation & Antitrust: Eddy de Smijter DG COMP Lena Hornkohl Marek Martyniszyn ruclips.net/video/Ui7LZ_QMY8w/видео.html
Andreas Mundt, President of German Federal Cartel Office: Reforms in German Digital Competition Law ruclips.net/video/K3TCMJEitT0/видео.html
Denis Sparas (EU Commission, DMA Dir.): Digital Markets Act - First Wave of Cases, First Assessment ruclips.net/video/qtPuwAXLJJc/видео.html
CJEU & Competition Law: Mechanics of the Process - Vivien Terrien, Mariya Serafimova, George Gryllos ruclips.net/video/bLEiBgzbfRM/видео.html
Henri Piffaut, Vice-President of the French Competition Authority: On the Latest in Digital Markets ruclips.net/video/Rg7NWXhFZS8/видео.html
Assimakis Komninos: EU Competition Law Key Developments in 2023, Digital Markets Act & Broader Trends ruclips.net/video/tJZ03FyZh48/видео.html
VideoGaming & Competition: Epic v Google; MS/Activision Eli Pales, Ayse Gizem Yasar, Fabian Ziermann ruclips.net/video/Oz40keDBiZA/видео.html
Lord Clement-Jones: Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill in the House of Lords; AI Rules ruclips.net/video/v8Bwp0oCo7U/видео.html
Prof. Rod Sims, Chair of the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (2011/22) ruclips.net/video/zpAtqjAKSvU/видео.html
Judicial Review v Full Merits Scrutiny in the DMCCb: Peter Freeman, Catherine Batchelor & Tom Fish ruclips.net/video/pgF_u3BcEJ0/видео.html
Cory Doctorow: Digital Markets Act; Interoperability; Entrenchment; Copyright; "What-About-Ism" ruclips.net/video/Xm23pO5_WKM/видео.html
Olivier Guersent, Director-General of DG COMP: New Vision - the DMA, Goals of Antitrust, Compliance ruclips.net/video/-ihcFgiFhok/видео.html
Digital Markets & Broader Issues of Internet Governance: Lilian Edwards, Ian Brown, Chris Marsden ruclips.net/video/bMBXbI1-imw/видео.html
Anu Bradford, European Markets & Digital Empires - Thinking Globally, Acting Prudently ruclips.net/video/ZxEt2pfb7eQ/видео.htmlfeature=shared
Unpacking UK Digital Markets, Competition & Consumers Bill: Robert Palmer, Ian Forrester, Sarah Long ruclips.net/video/8MNsQ0rKRk4/видео.html
Meta CJEU Judgment - When Competition Meets Privacy: Renato Nazzini, Thomas Höppner, Alessia D'Amico ruclips.net/video/SxQRM79glHc/видео.html
Richard Whish: Goals of Competition Law, Digital Markets Act, The Role of Technical Expertise & more ruclips.net/video/12Zja1dRjBc/видео.html
Philip Marsden: Comparing EU Digital Markets Act v UK Digital Markets, Competition & Consumers Bill ruclips.net/video/BNooF4xBnaQ/видео.html
Ordoliberalism & Competition Law: Past, Present & Future - Matthew Cole, Karen Horn, Anselm Küsters ruclips.net/video/V9Zhgnl9XoM/видео.html
Giuliano Amato: Antitrust and the Bounds of Power; European Competition Law - Past, Present & Future ruclips.net/video/KP7T6JhbDTs/видео.html
Art 102 TFEU & Exclusionary Conduct - The Reform: Anne Witt, Gönenç Gürkaynak, Massimiliano Kadar ruclips.net/video/Fx4LKwakjOA/видео.html
Eleanor Fox: Goals of Antitrust Consumer Welfare v Fairness & Competitive Process; Types of Populism ruclips.net/video/9ZHCmg0EXqg/видео.html
Brazilian Competition Law: Vinicius Klein, Juliana Oliveira Domingues, Caio Mario S. Pereira Neto ruclips.net/video/9Z3FJl5qlBE/видео.html
Amelia Fletcher: Furman Report 5 Years On; Key Features of Emerging Digital Competition Policy; DMCC ruclips.net/video/H74HMJHwlaw/видео.html
Google AdTech: EU Commission SO. Konstantina Bania (Brunel), Michael Veale (UCL), Mikaël Hervé (CRA) ruclips.net/video/bQmck6gNIBc/видео.html
Competition Policy in the Media: Lewis Crofts (MLex) Javier Espinoza (FT) Samuel Stolton (Bloomberg) ruclips.net/video/98AvaTIPvYY/видео.html
Unboxing UK Digital Markets, Competition & Consumers Bill Liza Lovdahl-Gormsen, Tom Smith, Dirk Auer ruclips.net/video/mmK-tlVH4sM/видео.html
Martijn Snoep: A New Vision of Antitrust Enforcement, Regulatory Dialogue, Compliance, Fines, DMA ruclips.net/video/WSIchX_Lm24/видео.html
Competition Law & Digital Regulation in India: Shilpi Bhattacharya, Raveena Sethia, Anshuman Sakle ruclips.net/video/zPMauTGwDOw/видео.html
Ioannis Lianos: Regulating Competition in Digital Markets; Polycentric & Inter-Ecosystem Competition ruclips.net/video/DMmhOVuXXxI/видео.html
Digital Markets Act & Data-Related Obligations: Natalia Moreno, Jan Krämer, Chris Riley ruclips.net/video/GSH-wU_e05k/видео.html
UK Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers bill: Matilda Curtis (BEIS) co-drafter of the bill ruclips.net/video/Q1AlEigkCVE/видео.html
Giorgio Monti, Or Brook, Magali Eben: The History of the Future: the DMA & National Competition Laws ruclips.net/video/e8N2k70eHqs/видео.html
Oliver Bethell, Google Head of Competition EMEA: Is the DMA a Challenge or an Opportunity? Interview ruclips.net/video/jDX8trEvCuc/видео.html
The 11th Amendment to the German Competition Act GWB Makis Komninos, Rupprecht Podszun, Sophie Gappa ruclips.net/video/i_Xt0tR7G68/видео.html
Video Game Industry and Digital Competition Law: Friso Bostoen, Amy Thomas, Alba Ribera Martínez ruclips.net/video/9ziBekKoGqs/видео.html
Conversation with Johnny Ryan: AdTech, GDPR, 3rd Party Cookies, Real-Time Bidding, Privacy Sandbox, Programmatic ads ruclips.net/video/3C4H0F7GXqc/видео.html
App Store Gatekeepers & the EU Digital Markets Act: Viktoria Robertson, Benedict Evans, Tim Cowen ruclips.net/video/G0LkYjqbBO4/видео.html
The DMA & Interoperability in Messaging Services: Agustin Reyna, Eliana Garcés, Simonetta Vezzoso ruclips.net/video/2YVC15W8iSc/видео.html
MEP Andreas Schwab: Conversation on the Digital Markets Act and EU Digital Competition Policy DMA ruclips.net/video/UAlkdvgvFlo/видео.html
Workshop: Digital Services Act & Digital Markets Act: Comparing the Incomparable? Martin Husovec, Ilaria Buri, Mark Leiser ruclips.net/video/UKsX8nX0HNk/видео.html
Alexandre de Streel on the Digital Markets Act | Compliance | EU Law | Regulation | Antitrust DMA ruclips.net/video/tGYiazVV1Eg/видео.html
Workshop: Niamh Dunne, Miguel Sousa Ferro, Justin Lindeboom: DB Station case: between Competition & Regulation ruclips.net/video/UCv_MJf4_jo/видео.html
Conversation with Tommaso Valletti: the Digital Markets Act, Economics of Antitrust, Experts as Agents ruclips.net/video/iKIzVCfhElQ/видео.html
Workshop 'DMA & Self-Preferencing': Vanessa Turner (BEUC), Denis Sparas (DMA TaskForce), Gonçalo Machado Borges ruclips.net/video/nUwjSvqly2I/видео.html
Workshop 'The Procedural Aspects of the DMA': Marco Botta, Fabiana Di Porto, Henry Mostyn ruclips.net/video/_GLbXEYMVts/видео.html
Conversation with Cristina Caffarra On the effectiveness and enforceability of the Digital Markets Act ruclips.net/video/j1vmOETUMxw/видео.html
Conversation with Prof. Rupprecht Podszun: Digital Markets Act, New German Competition Law, privacy & antitrust ruclips.net/video/U-wZwVXMPow/видео.html
Digital Markets Act: Quo Vadis? A Thematic workshop with the Ana Malheiro DMA Task Force, Dr Assimakis Komninos & Prof. Damien Geradin ruclips.net/video/MWNEApCPca4/видео.html
Conversation with a former Vice-President of DuckDuckGo Megan Gray on the state of competition in online search engine markets ruclips.net/video/uoPkxG5OLLs/видео.html