Foreign Subsidies Distortion Conference

Brussels, Belgium

On May 5 and 6, 2022, Cleary Gottlieb hosted the conference, The Protection Against Foreign Subsidies Distorting the Internal Market, organized in collaboration with the University of Passau and the University of the Saarland’s Europainstitut.

Click on the links below to view presentation materials associated with each panel.

 

AGENDA

Day 1: May 5, 2022

2:00 p.m.

• Registration and Coffee

2:30 p.m.

• Opening Remarks

2:45 p.m.

• Panel 1 – Foundations
  • Moderation and Comment: Till Müller-Ibold, Senior Counsel, Cleary Gottlieb, Professor, Universität Passau, Brussels
• The Draft Regulation on Foreign Subsidies Distorting the Internal Market – Where Do We Stand?
  • Simone Ritzek-Seidl, International Relations Officer at DG Competition, European Commission, Brussels
• Discussion

4:30 p.m.

• Panel 2 – The Draft Regulation and Other Relevant Rules
  • Moderation: Till Müller-Ibold, Senior Counsel, Cleary Gottlieb, Professor, Universität Passau, Brussels
• Substantive and Procedural Parallels and Overlaps Between Art. 107, 108 TFEU and the Draft Regulation
  • Sarah Blazek, Associated Partner, Noerr Rechtsanwälte, München
• The Draft Foreign Subsidies Regulation – Relationship With Other Instruments
  • Till Müller-Ibold, Senior Counsel, Cleary Gottlieb, Professor, Universität Passau, Brussels
• Discussion

7:30 p.m.

• Dinner for Speakers (by invitation only)

Day 2: May 6, 2022

8:30 a.m.

• Registration and Coffee

9:00 a.m.

• Keynote Address
  • Reinhard Bütikofer, Member, European Parliament, Brussels

9:45 a.m.

• Panel 3 – Ex Officio Rights and Procedural Framework
  • Moderation and Comment: François-Charles Laprévote, Partner, Cleary Gottlieb, Brussels
• Parallels and Similarities With the State Aid Procedure
  • Wolfgang Weiss, Professor, Deutsche Universität für Verwaltungswissenschaften, Speyer
• Third Country Subsidies – The Procedural Framework From a CCP Perspective
  • Patricia Trapp, Referendarin, Düsseldorf
• Discussion

11:45 a.m.

• Panel 4 – The Draft Regulation’s Tool 1 – Addressing Subsidization in Transactional Situations
  • Moderation and Comment: Christoph Herrmann, Professor, University of Passau
• Tool 1 as a Merger Control Instrument
  • Tabea Bauermeister, Akademische Rätin, Universität Hamburg
• Tool 1, Investment Screening and Investment Protection
  • Carolina Dackö, Advokat, Partner, Mannheimer Swartling, Gothenburg
• Discussion

2:15 p.m.

• Panel 5 – The Draft Regulation’s Tool 2 – Addressing Foreign Subsidies in Procurement Situations
  • Moderation and Comment: Marc Bungenberg, Director, Europa-Institut der Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken
• The Openness of the EU Procurement Market – Current Legal Framework and International Procurement Instrument (IPI)
  • Marc Bungenberg, Director, Europa-Institut der Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken
• Foreign Subsidies Regulation and EU International Procurement - Necessity, Changes, and Challenges
  • Caspar Ebrecht, European Commission, DG Grow
• Discussion

3:30 p.m.

• Concluding Remarks
  • Marc Bungenberg, Director, Europa-Institut der Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken
  • Christoph Herrmann, Professor, University of Passau
  • Till Müller-Ibold, Senior Counsel, Cleary Gottlieb, Professor, Universität Passau, Brussels