09:00
09:15
09:30
Keynote speech:
“Recent developments in the State aid case-law of the CJEU”
Andrea Biondi
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Advocate General for Italy, Court of Justice of the European Union; Professor, Director of the Centre of European Law, King’s College, London
Chair:
Antonios Bouchagiar, Legal Service, European Commission, Academic Director EStALI
Conference
10:30
11:00
Session I: The role of State Aid Control in the Energy Transition
- Setting the scene – relevant aid instruments (CISAF, CEEAG, IPCEI, 107(3)(c))
- Evaluation of state aid in the energy sector
- Nuclear assessed under 107(3)(c)
- Cumulation across the value chain
Speaker:
Nicola Pesaresi, DG COMP (Head of Unit – State Aid and Energy), (tbc)
Panelists:
Phedon Nicolaides, Professor at Maastricht University; Professor at University of Nicosia, and Academic Director at Lexxion Training
Caroline Buts, Professor and vice-dean, Faculty of Social Sciences and Solvay Business School, Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Academic Director EStALI Conference; Managing Editor European State Aid Law Quarterly (EStAL)
Maria J. Segura Catalán, Clayton & Segura; Managing Editor European State Aid Law Quarterly (EStAL), Brussels
Chair:
Michael Honoré, Academic Director EStALI Conference
12:45
13:45
Session II: The new Clean Industrial Deal State Aid Framework (CISAF)
- CISAF General intro
- CISAF Chapter 4: Rollout of Clean Energy & Chapter 8: “Crowding in” private investments and de-risking
- CISAF Chapter 5: Decarbonisation of the Industry
- CISAF Chapter 6: “Sufficient Manufacturing Capacity”
Speaker:
Leigh Hancher, University of Tilburg, Florence School of Regulation
Panelists:
Nicola Pesaresi, DG COMP (Head of Unit – State Aid and Energy), (tbc)
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Chair:
Michael Honoré
15:30
16:00
Session III: Foreign Subsidy Regulation
- The Foreign Subsidies Toolbox and Activities: Status Update
- Unpacking the Notion of Distortion
- FSR in practice: Early Enforcement Trends and Lessons from Emirates Telecom/ PPF Telecom
Speakers:
Hans Friederiszick (tbc)
Nicole Robins, Oxera, Brussels
Seppe Maes, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Robin Vandendriessche, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Chair:
Caroline Buts
17:30
19:00
Evening Reception for Lexxion’s 25th Anniversary
