Single Market Programme
DG Competition (DG COMP) operates a grants programme dedicated to the training of national judges in EU competition law under the Competition policy part of the Single Market Programme (SMP Competition) which focuses on making the internal market more effective, including through enhanced competition policy. Under this strand, each year, calls for proposal are launched in the area of EU competition law training. The present call concerns national or transnational training projects in the area of EU competition law. Action grants are awarded to support and promote judicial training with a view to foster a common legal and judicial culture of competition law.
The objective of this programme is to co-finance projects aiming to train national judges in the context of enforcing European competition rules. This includes public and private enforcement of both the Antitrust rules and the State aid rules, thereby increasing the knowledge and know-how of national judges. The final aim is to ensure a coherent and consistent application of EU competition law by national courts.
Useful links:
- Calls for proposals
- Call for proposals on the Funding & tender opportunities portal
- Practical information and awarded grants
Should you have any query in relation to training of judges in EU competition law, contact us.
Justice Programme 2014 -2020
Since 2002, DG COMP operates a grants programme dedicated to the training of national judges in EU competition law. The main goal of the Training of Judges Programme is to support a consistent and coherent application of EU competition law by national courts.
The Training of national judges on EU competition law is part of the Justice Programme 2014 -2020, contributing to support and promote judicial training, including language training on legal terminology, with a view to fostering a common legal and judicial culture.
Under the last programming period (2014-2020) 56 projects have been co-financed, involving approximately 3200 national judges.
DG COMP also provided targeted training activities to National Judges via a service contract with the Academy of European Law - ERA. For more information please visit the dedicated website. All training materials (including the e-presentations) are freely accessible here in a wide range of languages (EN/DE/FR/PT/IT/EE/EL/ES/HR/LT/SI).
Useful links:
- Practical information and awarded grants
- For more information about events organised with the Association of European Competition Law Judges (AECLJ), please see here.
Other upcoming events, actions and trainings for judges
Title: ENTraNCE for Judges 2023 is focused on recent developments in the enforcement of Art. 102 TFEU
Dates: 22-24 February 2023 (residential training); 26-28 September 2023 (final workshop).
Place: EUI campus in Florence (residential training); EU Court of Justice in Luxembourg (final workshop).
Content:
ENTraNCE for Judges 2023 is focused on recent developments in the enforcement of Art. 102 TFEU.
Audience:
ENTraNCE for Judges 2023 is a training program addressed to 52 national judges from the EU Member States, Albania and Montenegro. Interested judges may submit an online application by 11 December 2023. https://rscas.eu/view-form/entrance-2023/
Language: English