Learn about the key highlights of the webinar on ‘Competition law in
the data economy’
On 27 January 2023, a webinar on competition law in the data economy
was conducted by data.europa academy to discuss how the evolving legal
landscape would affect data markets. In the webinar, the ongoing
discussions and evolutions around competitive and anti-competitive
data sharing practices were presented. The webinar compared and
contrasted the competition law against innovations of the proposed
Data Act [https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/data-act],
which seeks to harmonize rules for fair access and use of data.  

The webinar began with a short presentation on the relevance of
competition law to the data economy, followed by a view from the
perspective of traditional competition law framework — its
application, key principles and current debates. This was then
followed by a summary of the ambitions of the Data Act on this point
– and how is it likely to shape competition challenges. 

The key speakers of the webinar were Hans Graux
[https://www.timelex.eu/en/team/hans-graux] (ICT lawyer and partner at
Timelex), Paolo Tomassi (Policy Officer, DG COMP
[https://commission.europa.eu/about-european-commission/departments-and-executive-agencies/competition_en#leadership])
and Malte Beyer-Katzenberger (Policy officer Data policy and
innovation, DG CONNECT [https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en]).
Several other data enthusiasts such as data holders, aspiring data
re-users and legal experts, especially competition lawyers were among
the active participants of the webinar. active participants of the
webinar. 

The webinar was concluded with a discussion session allowing the
audience to raise questions and discuss the coherence of the
approaches presented, as well as their potential challenges. 

data.europa academy [https://data.europa.eu/en/academy] conducts
several similar webinars to create awareness about the changing
landscapes in data. For more information on upcoming webinars, visit
the Events [https://data.europa.eu/en/news-events/events] page on
data.europa.eu.

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Publication Date/Time
2023-02-08T10:00:16+00:00
Learn what was covered in the webinar on the impact the Data Act will
have on competition law and the data economy.