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Workshops
Every year LIDC organises an international congress and takes resolutions on issues related to unfair competition and competition law. Here you can find the previous resolutions taken, aswell as the most recent one's .
@ The national and international reports for the workshops of the 2008 Congress (Hamburg, 25 - 28 September) are available now. National Groups
National groups can become affiliated members of the LIDC, whether or not they have legal status, provided their aims and objects are in line with those of the Association.
List of national groups and their contact details Other Resolutions
The LIDC has discussed the following questions in Catania September 2007 A : To what extent and by what means should Intellectual Property Rights (“IPRs”) be subject to compulsory licensing by reason of competition law ? International Rapporteur: Tony Woodgate (United Kingdom) International report B : Ambush Marketing: too smart to be good ? Should certain ambush marketing practices be declared illegal and if yes, which ones and under what conditions ? International Rapporteur: Pierre KOBEL (Switzerland) International Report / Final conclusion For resolutions archives please click here. Contact
The Reporter General and the Assistant Reporter General have the power to appoint ad hoc committees to study a particular topical question.
DRAFT RULES CONCERNING THE AD HOC COMMITTEES 1 The General Reporter and the deputy General Reporter may, when agreed by the President, set up ex officio an ad hoc Committee entrusted with studying and taking position, on behalf of the League, on particular questions or evolutions of competition law or commercial practices. They appoint the president thereof. 2. Any member of the League, who has made sure that at least two members from other groups will participate, may ask for the setting up of an ad hoc Committee. To this end, he sends a draft proposal of subject to the General Reporter. This member will become president of the said ad hoc Committee. 3. As soon as an ad hoc Committee has been instituted, the presidents of the national groups appoint one or two members of their group, representing the interests concerned, who will participate in the Committee’s works. 4. Information about the setting-up of an ad hoc Committee and progress of its work is given as soon as possible on the web site of the League, where the final report of the Committee will also be published. 5. Any proposal of adoption of a position on behalf of the League is submitted, before it is published or advertised, to the approval of the President and the General Reporter, who will check its representativity and, in case of conflicting views, make sure that all main opinion trends are expressed. 6. The President and the General Reporter decide any communication of the results of the ad hoc Committees’ work out of the League. Popular downloads
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ERIC
The official mean of publication of The Ligue is the RIC. You will find in the RIC articles on most recent developments on competition law within the European Union but also in other States where The Ligue is represented through national organisations. Since 2003 the RIC is only published in electronic form, and is now called ERIC. Two editions a year are planned, the first at the end of February, the second at the end of August. Jacques Lassier Prize
 The laureats of the J. Lassier Prize 2006 are ex aequo Laetitia Driguez, with here work "Droit social et droit de la concurrence", and David Bosco with his work "Le contrat exclusif". The latest laureats of this Prize were:1990 - Dominique Graz (Suisse) Propriété intellectuelle et libre circulation des marchandises 1994 - Daniel Fasquelle (France) Droit américain et droit communautaires de ententes 1998 - Friedrich Ruffler (Autriche) Der Einfluss des Europarchets auf das Österreichische UWG 2002 - Raphaël Arn (Suisse) La publicité choquante - Vers une nouvelle dimension du droit de la concurrence déloyale |
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