The DG Sanco-Consumers International European Competition Law Project

The primary goal of this project was to increase the capacity and expertise of 14 different EU consumer organisations to represent the consumer cause in the most effective way in the development of competitive markets and competition policy. This was achieved by undertaking market surveillance into competition within the retail distribution sector. The CLF's role in this project involved the following obligations:

• To undertake a survey and legal analysis of national and regional competition law, consumer protection, and recent investigations, cases and guidelines;
  
• To provide technical assistance and advice to Consumers International;
  
• To provide training in competition law at regional meetings; and
  
• To host three regional workshops.

After training the partner organisations in competition law, as well as hosting regional workshops, the CLF completed its report on the results of the survey of 14 different national competition law regimes in March 2007; it was presented at the joint meeting of EESC/INT, ECCG/CWG and ECN/CC in Brussels in September 2007. The authors of the report were Dr Philip Marsden, Peter Schepens and Peter Whelan. For more detailed information on this project please click here.