90546 - Regulatory Law

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course students will be able to understand market regulation under the EU and national law. Students will be able to interpret the current organizational framework (agency, authority) taking into account the ongoing shift of regulatory powers toward the European level (European Networks of Regulators). The aim of the course is to investigate the main regulatory schemes and the legal powers related to them: command and control, supervision, tariff regulation. At the end of the course students will be able to analyse regulatory procedures, adjudication procedures and sanctions, as well as administrative and judicial remedies.

Course contents

"L’insegnamento è stato realizzato con il supporto della Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio in Bologna, con riferimento al progetto “Politica e istituzioni in chiave comparata. Un progetto di internazionalizzazione della Didattica” finanziato nell’ambito del Bando Internazionalizzazione 2019."

 

1. Introduction, economic constitution; fundamental notions and concepts.

2. The modification of the economic constitution due to European integration (Brief summary of European integration; The primacy of the European law; ordoliberalism).

3. The legal foundations of market competition under the EU Law. Competition law in Europe;

4. Competition law in Italy:

5. Public services (energy, gas, line transport, communications, local public services).

6. Regulatory tools. Pricing and tariffs. TPA (Third Party Access), Unbundling.

7. Privatizations;

8. Agencies, Regulatory Agencies. Antitrust Agencies; Regulatory and Antitrust Proceedings; Fair Procedure Principles and Guaranties. Adversary principle and the burden of proof; Orders and Sanctions; Judicial review.

Readings/Bibliography

- Teaching resources (slides, case law, docs, etc.) will be available on IOL platform.

Sub: 1. I. K.W. Nörr, Economic Constitution: On the Roots of a Legal Concept, Journal of Law and Religion , 1994 - 1995, Vol. 11, No. 1 (1994 - 1995), pp. 343-354 (see htttps://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-law-and-religion/article/economic-constitution-on-the-roots-of-a-legal-concept/31D246BAEA319B3E7CCFC2BD3EB697C1, You can get access with the university account see http://www2.sba.unibo.it.ezproxy.unibo.it/cgi-bin/bdati/banchedati.pl?keys=%27%27banca%20dati); II. M.E. Streit & Werner Mussler, The Economic Constitution of the European Community: From Rome to Maastricht, 1 EUR. L.J. 5 (1995) (see https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14680386, You can get access with the university account);

Sub 2. P. Craig, EU Law: Test, Cases and Materials, 2015, pp. 3-22 (Development of EU integration) pp. 30-65 (EU institutions); pp. 73-75 (Competences); pp. 266-277; pp. 606-745 (single market, free movement of good, free movement of capital, free movement of workers); pp. 794-797 (freedom of establishment and to provide services) (You can borrow it in the university library);

Sub 3. P. Craig, EU Law: Test, Cases and Materials, pp. 1001-1014 - 1058-1086 (Competition Law in EU);

Sub 4. D.C. Donald, Comments on the Italian Antitrust Law of Cotober 10, 1990, 26 INT'l L. 201 (1992) pp. 201-214 (see, https://scholar.smu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2871&context=til); M. Siragusa – M. Beretta – M. Bay, Competition Law in Italy, pp. 18-52 (see https://www.clearygottlieb.com/~/media/organize-archive/cgsh/files/other-pdfs/competition-laws-outside-the-united-states.pdf);

Sub. 5-6. M. D’Ostuni, L. Bellia and G. D’Andrea, The Energy Regulation and Markets Review Law Business Research, Fifth Edition Editor David L Schwartz, Chapter 19 Italy, pp. 19 (see https://www.clearygottlieb.com/~/media/organize-archive/cgsh/files/italy-chapter-the-energy-regulation-and-markets-review-5th-edition.pdf); F. Merusi, The troubled life of competition in local public services, in Italian journal public law, vol. 4, 1/2012, pp. 38-52 (see http://www.ijpl.eu/);

Sub 7. A. Goldstein, Privatization in Italy 1993-2002: goals, institutions, outcomes, and outstanding issue, in Privatization Experiences in the European Union, edited by Marko Köthenbürger, Hans-Werner Sinn, John Whalley, Clemens Fuest, London, 2006, pp. 225 ss., Can you borrow it in the library; you can see this https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/76289/1/cesifo_wp912.pdf);

Sub 8. M. Siragusa – M. Beretta – M. Bay, Competition Law in Italy, pp. 136-167;

- Case Studies and other readings will be recommended along the course.

Teaching methods

Theoretical and case law-based Lectures.

Assessment methods

The aim of any exam is to ascertain the knowledge and abilities of students to deal with the issues of the course.

To attend the exam, each student must be enrolled on AlmaEsami within the deadline term.

Teaching tools

Slides and Essays.

Case Law docs (Courts' rulings; European Commission and NRAs' measures; etc.).

Students who need compensatory measures and/or dispensative tools due to disability or Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD) should communicate it to the Professor as soon as possible.

Links to further information

https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/edoardo.fragale2/news

Office hours

See the website of Edoardo Nicola Fragale