Session 2
25th, 26th and 27th March 2023
Evidence access

THURSDAY 25th March

16:00 Coffee and registration

16:30 Welcome address by Judicial Authorities, Dean of the Faculty and Director of the Programme

17:00 Opening Speech: - Procedural matters for evidence´s access in competition damages claim’s litigation.

18:00 Coffee break

18:30 Panel 1: - Access to the administrative file

- Scope of the right and mechanisms of access.

- Protection of leniency materials and its limits.

- The role and practice of national and EU competition authorities.

20:00 Cocktail

FRIDAY 26th March

9:30 Panel 2: The impact of disclosure on civil procedure.

- Its common law origin and practice.

- Experiences in national EU civil Law procedures.

- Impact in how evidence is practised in proceedings
and on the burden and standard of proof

11:00 Coffee break

11:30 Panel 3: The disclosure request and order.

- Procedural questions: moment, hearing, decision, remedies.

- Justification and proportionality.

- Guarantees and sanctions.

14:00 Lunch

16:00 Panel 4: Confidentiality

- What is confidential?

- Mechanisms to protect confidentiality.

- Use of data-rooms and other competition authority practices

18:00 Coffee

18.30 Workshop: Exchange of experiences of disclosure in practice in the jurisdiction of the participants following a common questionnaire.

21:00 Dinner

SATURDAY 27th March

10:00 Mock Trial: Disclosure hearing.

12:00 Coffee break

12:30 Closing judicial speech: Proposals to improve civil procedure in relation to the access to evidence .

13.30 Closing ceremony

14:00 Spanish wine