This is the twelfth in a series on EU Competition Law and Policy produced by the Robert Schuman Centre of the European University Institute in Florence. The volume reproduces the written contributions and transcripts in connection with a roundtable debate which examined the EU's enforcement policy as regards the abuse of a dominant position under Article 82 EC. The workshop participants included:senior enforcement officials and policy makers from the European Commission, from the national competition authorities of certain EU Member States and from the US Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission; andrenowned international academics, legal practitioners and professional economists.In an intense, intimate environment, this group of experts debated a number of legal and economic issues structured according to three broad lines of discussion: 1) comparisons of the concept of monopolization under Section 2 of the Sherman Act with that of abuse of dominance under Article 82 EC; 2) a reformed approach to exclusionary unilateral conduct; and 3) exploitative unilateral conduct and related remedies.

This is the twelfth in a series on EU Competition Law and Policy produced by the Robert Schuman Centre of the European University Institute in Florence.

Panel IJohn Fingleton (OFT)The objectives of competition policy: protecting consumers, protecting the competitive process, fostering efficiency? Efficiency versus fairness: how relevant remains ordo-liberalism?David Gerber (Chicago-Kent College of Law), Jorge Padilla (LECG) Commentator: Daniel Zimmer (U. Bonn)Parallels and differences in the attitudes towards and rules regarding market power: what are the reasons?Eleanor Fox (NYU), Heike Schweitzer (EUI) Commentator: Jim Venit (Skadden)John Fingleton (OFT) A reformed approach to Article 82 and the US practice: an overall appreciationDavid Meyer (DOJ), John Vickers (Oxford U.)A reformed approach to Article 82: the impact on private enforcementJochen Burrichter (Hengeler)Panel IIIHeike Schweitzer (EUI) Appreciability: when can it be said that a rebate programme causes significant anticompetitive foreclosure?Simon Bishop (RBB), Einer Elhauge (Harvard U.) Commentator: Rafael Allendesalazar (Martínez Lage)A reformed approach to exclusionary conductDamien Neven (DG Competition), Robert O'Donoghue (Brick Court Chambers)Giuliano Amato (EUI) Efficiency and anticompetitive effects of tyingAndrea Coscelli (CRA), Frédéric Jenny (Cour de cassation, ESSEC and OFT)What is the right test for exclusive dealing? Patrick Rey (U. Toulouse), Doug Melamed (WilmerHale), Commentator: Cal Goldman (Blake, Cassels and Graydon)Panel VMassimo Motta (EUI), Exploitative conductEmil Paulis (DG Competition), Commentator: Lars-Hendrik Röller (ESMT)The interface between regulation, antitrust and consumer protection legislation. Remedies: is price regulation the answer?Amelia Fletcher (OFT), Ian Forrester (White and Case) Commentator: William Blumenthal (FTC)Panel VIMassimo Motta (EUI), Excessive prices in energy marketsMartin Hellwig (Max Planck Institute - Bonn), Marc van der Woude (Stibbe), Commentator: Mario Siragusa (Cleary)The (complex) relationship between Article 82 (a) and IP lawPierre Régibeau (U. Essex ), Damien Geradin (U. Tilburg and Howrey), Commentator: Mark Patterson (EUI and Fordham U.)Overall Conclusions