New Amendments Introduced to European Union Competition Law Due to the Expiration of Block Exemption Regulations Conference at Łazarski University: Report

On 7 June 2010, a conference under the title New Amendments Introduced to European Union Competition Law Due to the Expiration of Block Exemption Regulations took place at the Lazarski University in Warsaw.The conference was opened by Professor Zbigniew Lasocik, the Dean of the Law Faculty of the Lazarski University, who started his speech by introducing the University and emphasizing the Faculty of Law’s aim to ensure high quality legal education. During the conference, four panels addressed the following issues: 1) EU competition law – reform and why? 2) Pricing strategies and self-compliance procedures; 3) The economic approach to distribution law of the European Union – myth or necessity? 4) The future of EU competition law in relation to the distribution sector. The conference was attended by academics, private legal practitioners and judges from Polish competition courts.