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Training of National Judges

Introduction to the Call 2013

and to the proposals selected for funding

DG Competition

Structure of the presentation

1. General intro to the Programme and the Call for

Proposals 2013

2. Evaluation process

3. Selected projects – overview

4. Selected projects – a closer insight

5. Next Call

1.Why is DG COMPETITION involved in a programme of DG JUSTICE?

For 2012, the total annual budget available for the specific programme Civil Justice is EUR 16

100 000.

The annual programme consists of the following parts and types of action:

Part Types of actions Envisaged budget in

EUR

I. Grants EUR 6 150 000

A action grants to specific transnational projects of Union interest

(calls for proposals)

EUR 4 350 000

B action grants for specific projects in the context of the

implementation of European competition rules (call for

proposals)

EUR 800 000

C operating grants to support the annual activity plan of non-

governmental organisations or other entities (call for proposals)

EUR 500 000

D operating grants for organisations mentioned in the basic act EUR 500 000

Nationalities of Judges trained on EU competition law 2007-2012

What we finance:

• Measures promoting training in EU competition law for national judges and cooperation between them (organisation of conferences, short or long-term training, the distribution of documentation and information on EU competition law specifically tailored to the needs of national judges etc.)

• Projects must cover the implementation of Articles 101 and 102 of the TFEU and/or state aid rules and may include private enforcement

• We finance up to 80% of the total eligible costs of the projects.

Target audience

• "Judicial staff" • Judges

• Prosecutors

• Judicial court staff

• Bailiffs

• Notaries

• Mediators

• One or several professions

• Participants from several Member States (or acceding country)

• In initial (induction period) or continuous training

Ongoing Call for Proposal 2013

• Date of publication:16 February 2013

• Deadline for applications: 30 April 2013

Priority areas

• Improvement of knowledge, application and interpretation of EU competition law;

• Support to National Judicial Institutions on Competition Law knowledge;

• Improving and/or creating cooperation/networks;

Proposals received (21)

Country Total

BG 1

DE 2

ES 3

FR 1

HU 1

IT 5

NL 2

PT 3

RO 1

SK 1

UK 1

Grand Total 21

Sumbitted proposals

N° Applicant Country

10Judical Academy of the Slovak

RepublicSK

11 IUM Academy School IT

12 Leuphana University DE

13 ERA DE

14 Molise University IT

15Escuela Judicial - Fines and

CrimesSP

16 Escuela Judicial - Initial training SP

17 University of Valencia SP

18 University of Naples Parthenope IT

19 Catholic University of Portugal PT

20 EILF of the University of Lisbon PT

21 Libera Foundation BG

N° Applicant Country

1 EUI Italy IT

2Maastricht University - Faculty of

LawNL

3 Radboud University Nijmegen NL

4 Bignon Lebray FR

5 Competition Council of Romania RO

6Autorita garante della

concorrenza e del Mercato IT

7 Oxera Consulting UK

8Hungarian Compatition

AuthorityHU

9 University of Minho PT

10Judical Academy of the Slovak

RepublicSK

Awarded Projects in 2012

Country distribution Money distribution

2. Evaluation Process - Basic Principles

EXCELLENCE

EFFICIENCY &

SPEED

TRANSPARENCY

CONFIDENTIALITY

FAIRNESS &

IMPARTIALITY

Call for Proposals Guidance

for Evaluators

For each proposal: There should be at ideally 3 experts to evaluate each proposal

Proposal 1

Proposal 1

Proposal 1

Draft Score Table

Draft Score Table

Draft Score Table

1° Evaluation Committe

Final Score Table+

Evaluation summary

report

Final Score Table+

Evaluation summary report

Final Score Table+

Evaluation summary report

2° Evaluation Committee

Final ranking meeting

Final Ranking panel

meeting

Remote

Evaluations

14 May–16 May 2013

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Kick off

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1° Evaluation

Committee

meeting

17/05/2013

2° Evaluation

Committee

meeting

28-31 May 2013

Evaluation process CFP2013

Evaluating a proposal

• Three guiding principles:

• Objectivity each proposal is evaluated as it is written

• Accuracy you make your judgment against the official evaluation criteria, and nothing else

• Consistency you apply the same standard of judgment to each proposal

The 5 Award criteria to assess 1. RELEVANCE (30 points) 2. QUALITY (30 points)

3. COST EFFECTIVENESS (20 points)

a) The extent to which

the proposal matches the

objectives of the call (10

points)

a) Are the methodology

(approach, detail and

specificity of the proposed

activities, quality of the

speakers, monitoring systems,

marketing strategies etc.) and

the timeframe suitable to

achieve the desired outcome of

the project? (10 points)

a) Is the forward budget

reasonable, given the

expected results (10 points)?

b) The extent to which

the proposal matches the

priority areas set in the

call (10 points)

b) Are the proposed activities

suitably designed for the

expected audience (10 points)?

b) Do the costs allocated to

the project represent a good

value for money (10

points)?

c) The relevance of the

activity/training needs

addressed by the project

and/or the relevance of the

expected results and

impact on target group (10

points)

c) To what extent is the

project organised with a

balanced distribution of tasks

and best choice of expertise

(10 points)?

4.DISSEMINATION (10 points)

5. EU DIMENSION (10 points)

a) Are there effective

plans put in place for

appropriate and timely

disseminations/sharing

of results? (5 points)

a) How high is the added

value of the project (variety

of nationalities involved in

terms of targeted group

and/or partnership) at

European level? (5 points)

b) Are the results

likely to have a

sustainable impact? (5

points)

b) Does the proposal match

the geographical scope set in

the call (5 points)

+

To qualify for an award, the project must obtain at least 60 out of 100 points and at least 50 % of the points available for criteria 1, 2 and 3.

3. Selected projects - overview PRIORITY MAIN APPLICANT TITLE NATIONALITY TOTAL ELIGIBLE COSTS

GRANT AMOUNT

SCORE (X/100)

1

ERA

Advanced training of national judges on the application

of European competition law rules - a series of 6

regional seminars across Europe

EU €147,425.50 117,940.40 € 95

2 GVH Competition Economics Seminar and Judges

HU €47,830.00 38,264.00 € 90

3 EILF Curso de Direito da Concorrencia para Juizes

PT €49,003.00 39,202.40 € 83.5

4

EUI European networking and training for national

competition enforcers 2015

EU €241,933.00 193,546.40 € 83.5

5

Escuela Judicial Fines and crimes before Judges in EU competition law

ES €148,340.63 118,672.50 € 83

6 Escuela Judicial Initial training course on Eu competition law

ES €107,007.06 85,605.65 € 82.5

7

Catholic University Portugal EU Competition Law Enforcement by National Judges

PT €51,672.31 41,337.85 € 81

8

Leuphana University Series of 2 competition law seminars and national

judges

DE €62,800.87 50,240.70 € 77

€856,012.37 684,809.90 €

RESERVE LIST

PRIORITY MAIN APPLICANT TITLE NATIONALITY TOTAL ELIGIBLE COSTS

GRANT AMOUNT

SCORE (X/100)

9

Radboud University Nijmegen Training of judges in EU competition law

NL €194,205.00 155,364.00 € 76

10

Italian Competition Authority Enforcing EU antitrust rules in national courts

IT €211,606.41 169,285.13 € 69

11

Maastricht University EU Competition law for judges - A training, networking

and e-learning project

NL €224,469.10 179,575.28 € 69

Proposals received (21)

Country Total

BG 1

DE 2

ES 3

FR 1

HU 1

IT 5

NL 2

PT 3

RO 1

SK 1

UK 1

Grand Total 21

Success rate

Nationality of Applicants

Number of Applications by Nationality X

Percentage of Applications by Nationality (x/21)

How many applications are Ranked by nationality(Above 60 points)

Percentage of applications that are Ranked by nationality (Above 60 points)

How many applications are awarded by nationality

Percentage awarded by nationality (top score within budget)

Bulgaria 1 4.76% 0 0.00% 0 0.00%

Germany 2 9.52% 2 100.00% 2 100.00%

Spain 3 14.29% 2 66.67% 2 66.67%

France 1 4.76% 0 0.00% 0 0.00%

Hungary 1 4.76% 1 100.00% 1 100.00%

Italy 5 23.81% 3 60.00% 1 20.00%

Netherlands 2 9.52% 2 100.00% 0 0.00%

Portugal 3 14.29% 3 100.00% 2 66.67%

Romania 1 4.76% 1 100.00% 0 0.00%

Slovakia 1 4.76% 1 100.00% 0 0.00%

United Kingdom 1 4.76% 1 100.00% 0 0.00%

Total 21 100.00% 16 8

Awarded projects

Judges distribution

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

18

9 13

4 7

0

12 18

15

79

7

22

8 15

8

19

4 4

17

28

139

23

7 10

113

7 13

5

Estimated Number of Judges Trained by Nationality

Total number of Projects funded: 9

Estimated amount of judges trained: 624

4. Selected projects – a closer insight

Applicant ERA Academy of European Law

Project's title: Advanced training of national judges on the application of European competition law rules - a series of 6 regional seminars across Europe

Type of event:

Nr of participants +

nationality(ies):

Duration of the

action:

Total project's costs: 139,275.50 €

Total eligible costs: 139,275.50 €

Grant amount: 111,420.40 €

Percentage of TEC: 80%

Co-financing: 27,855.10 €

Partner(s):

Mono or multi-benef: MONO

Dispatch date 30-Apr-13

Priority area a, c

Score

24 months (sept 2013-sept 2015)

6 x 1,5 days seminars (May 2014, June 2014, September 2014, October 2014, January 2015, March 2015) located in different places (training, network for judicial co-

operation, courses)

95/100

1 RO, 2 DE, 1 FI, 1 LT, 1 PL, total 6

3 AT, 4 CZ, 15 ES, 4 HU, 1 LUX, 1 MT, 5 PO, 4 SK, 2 HR, 1 BE, 1 CY, 5 EE, 5 FR, 5 IT, 5 LV, 5 NL, 15 RO, 2 SV, 5 BG, 23 DE, 4 EL, 15 FI, 5 IE, 15 LT, 20 PL, 3 SI,

10 UK total 1801

Applicant

Project's title:

Type of event:


nationality(ies):Duration of the

action:






Partner(s):

Mono or multi-benef:


Priority area a

Score 90/100

Hungarian Competition Authority

Competition Economics Seminar and Judges

NO

1 advanced seminar on competition economics x 2,5 days in Budapest

30 (different MS)

6 months (October 2014 - March 2015)

MONO

2

3

Applicant EILF of the University of Lisbon

Project's title: Curso de Direito da Concorrencia para Juizes

Type of event: 1 x 2 days training (November 2014) and 1 x 1 day workshop (Spring 2015) + expanding database of Portuguese Court rulings ( competition enforcement)


nationality(ies):

100 PT and 20

ES total 120Duration of the

action:16 months ( March 2014 - July 2015)






Partner(s): 1 PT



Priority area a

Score 83.5/100

Applicant

Project's title:

Type of event:


nationality(ies):

Duration of the

action:

Total project's costs:

Total eligible costs:

Grant amount:

Percentage of TEC:

Co-financing:

Partner(s):



Priority area a, c

Score

EUI (European University Institute)

European network ing and training for national competition enforcers 2015

10 months (February 2015 - November 2015)

217,439.00 €

217,439.00 €

173,951.20 €

83.5/100

1 residential training x 4 days (February 2015, Florence); 1 final workshop x 3 days ( October 2015, Florence); e-learning ( March-Sept 2015)

54 various MS

80%

43,487.80 €

4

Applicant Escuela Judicial

Project's title: Initial training course on Eu competition law

Type of event: 1 course x 3 days (Barcelona 1st semester 2014) + 6 lecturer + 7 workshopsNr of participants +

nationality(ies):2 AT, 2 BE, 2 BG, 8 DE, 4 FR, 4 IT, 2 NL, 2 PL, 3 PT, 2 RO, Total 70

Duration of the

action:18 months (December 2013 - May 2015)






Partner(s): 1 DE, 1 SI, 1 PT, 1 RO, 1 EE total 5


Dispatch date

Priority area b

Score 82.5/100

6

5

Applicant Catholic University of Portugal

Project's title: EU Competition Law Enforcement by National Judges

Type of event: 1 x 2 days seminar in Febr.March 2014, 1 x 2 days seminar in March 2015Nr of participants +

nationality(ies):5 ES, 25 PT

Duration of the

action:14 months (January 2014 - March 2015 - 1st edition from Febr.March 2014, 2nd edition Febr.March 2015)






Partner(s): NO



Priority area a

Score 81/100

Applicant

Project's title:

Type of event:


nationality(ies):

Duration of the

action:






Partner(s):



Priority area a+c+d

Score

8 AT, 30 DE, 2 SV total 40

12 months ( January 2014-December 2014)

77/100

MONO

Leuphana University

Series of 2 competition law seminars and national judges

NO

2 seminars of ?(2) days each (spring and fall 2014, LUNEBURG)

7

8

Applicant

Project's title:

Type of event:


nationality(ies):

Duration of the

action:




Percentage of TEC: 80%Co-financing: 31,315.60 €Partner(s):



Priority area a, c

Score

5 days intensive course

10 DE, 10 HU, 10 NL

Radboud University Nijmegen

Training of judges in EU competition law

18 months (January 2014 - July 2015)

1 HU

MONO

76/100

9

5. Call for Proposals (2014)

Multiannual Financial Framework (2014-2020)

•Ongoing

Justice Programme

•End 2013

Annual Work Programme 2014

•Not before Spring 2014

Call for Proposals ToJ 2014

•Second Quarter 2014

Basic steps toward our future Call

• MFF= http://ec.europa.eu/budget/mff/index_en.cfm

• Justice Programme = http://ec.europa.eu/justice/newsroom/files/1_en_act_part1_v4_justice_en.pdf

• Annual Work Programme and ToJ Call for Proposals not yet in preparation.

http://ec.europa.eu/budget/mff/index_en.cfm



http://ec.europa.eu/justice/newsroom/files/1_en_act_part1_v4_justice_en.pdf

http://ec.europa.eu/justice/newsroom/files/1_en_act_part1_v4_justice_en.pdf

For your info

• The financial envelope for the implementation of the Justice Programme for the period 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2020 shall amount to EUR 472 million (current prices).

Would you like to market your event on our webpage?

Example of an action co-financed by the 2013 program

Send to us the relevant info and we will put them on our dedicated section!

Dates 4-6 October 2013

Target audience Training of national judges in EU competition law and judicial co-operation between national

judges

Venue Supreme Court of the Republic of Slovenia (Ljubljana, Slovenia)

Language Slovenian

Contact

Mitja Kovač [email protected]

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