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Conference Supraśl 2017 "Harmonisation of Private Antitrust Enforcement: A Central and Eastern European Perspective"

CARS and University of Bialystok (Faculty of Law) are organizing on 29-30 June 2017 2nd International Conference "Harmonisation of Private Antitrust Enforcement: A Central and Eastern European Perspective" in Supraśl (Poland). Therefore, we encourage you to submit abstracts by 16 December 2016.
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internet Quarterly of Antitrust and Regulatory Issues (iKAR), vol. 2016, 6(5), 7(5) and 8(5)

Another volume of internet Quarterly of Antitrust and Regulatory Issues has been published by CARS. The journal is in Polish, but abstracts and key words of all the articles are also available in English. Feel free to have a look at http://ikar.wz.uw.edu.pl

Antitrust Aviation Seminar

We have the honor of inviting you to the first Antitrust Aviation Seminar organized by the Centre for Antitrust and Regulatory Studies together with our partners Polish Civil Aviation Authority and LOT Polish Airlines on October 12, 2016.

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internet Quarterly of Antitrust and Regulatory Issues (iKAR), vol. 2016, 5(5)

Another volume of internet Quarterly of Antitrust and Regulatory Issues has been published by CARS. The journal is in Polish, but abstracts and key words of all the articles are also available in English. Feel free to have a look at http://ikar.wz.uw.edu.pl

Guest Lecture "Chicago School of Antitrust” by prof. Michael Jacobs

We are happy to announce that on 11 October 2016 CARS is organizing the 1st guest lecture in new academic year. Prof. Michael Jacobs from DePaul University Chicago will hold a lecture at 5.30 pm at the Faculty of Management, University of Warsaw, on the significance of Chicago School of Antitrust “The Durability of the Chicago School in Antitrust: What Accounts for it?”.

Prof. Jacobs is a renowned expert in the US antitrust law. His papers were published in the most prestigious American journals like Antirust Law Journal or Yale Law Journal. His work was also cited by the US Supreme Court. Prof. Jacobs teaches also at universities in Australia and China. See more.

The lecture is part of the CARS Guest Lectures dedicated to axiology of competition protection.
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Artykuł: Antitrust Divergence and the Limits of Economics
Artykuł: An Essay on the Normative Foundations of Antitrust Economics

Another scientific study by CARS: Status of a spin-off company established with the participation of a university's special purpose vehicle in the light of the provisions on the definition of SMEs in the context of applying for state aid (2016)

We publish another scientific opinion of CARS, defining the status of a spin-off company established with the participation of the university's special purpose vehicle in the light of the provisions on the definition of SMEs in the context of applying for state aid.

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Laboratory of Postal Market

On 15 August 2016 Centre for Antitrust and Regulatory Studies (Faculty of Management, University of Warsaw) established Laboratory of Postal Market. After the Laboratory of Civil Aviation created on 15 May 2016, it is another CARS’ subunit, which will focus on regulated and specific sectors.

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Cooperation Agreement with the Railway Institute

We have signed the Cooperation Agreement with the Railway Institute in Warsaw. It is the first cooperation agreement with industrial scientific institution.
Agreement on cooperation

We are happy to announce that CARS Award 2016 was granted to prof. Cezary Banasiński

Among the nominees were also prof. Anna Piszcz, dr. Piotr Semeniuk, dr. Łukasz Grzejdziak and prof. Rajmund Molski.
The Funder of CARS Award 2016 was Polish Bank PKO BP.

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CARS book and conference on Investigation of compensation claims for breach of competition rules before the Polish court

Before Christmas, another (21st) monograph from the "CARS handbooks and monographs" series will be published: Investigating compensation claims for breach of competition rules before the Polish court edited by Anna Piszcz and Dominek Wolski, in which a group of authors - theoreticians and practitioners - analyzes the assumptions and problems of the implementation of the Compensation Directive (2014/104 / EU).

The CARS Scientific Conference on these issues will take place on April 20, 2016. In two sessions - moderated by Professor Stanisław Sołtysiński and Judge Katarzyna Lis - the authors of the book will present their cognitive findings and implementation proposals, on which an open discussion will take place.

Participation in the conference is free, but the number of places is limited. Therefore, please notify us by e-mail in advance at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. CARS reserves the right to limit the number of participants representing a specific institution, office or company.
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