1. introducing students to the basic concepts and institutes of competition law and state aid law;
2. acquiring knowledge about legal regulation and modern institutes of market competition within the framework of Croatian and EU legislation;
3. distinction of fundamental institutes within the framework of competition law;
4. acquiring knowledge about protection methods within the framework of market competition
1. The concept and subject of competition law, competition law in the narrow and broad sense
2. Competition law in the Republic of Croatia:
a) general issues, sources of competition law, when and why it arose, the Competition Agency, sectoral regulators
b) basic institutes and concepts of competition law: the concept of an undertaking, the relevant market, prohibited agreements, abuse of dominant position, concentrations
3. EU Competition Law (Competition Law) Articles 101 and 102 TFEU, Merger Regulation 139/04, Leniency Program, European Court of Justice case law
4. Competition law: special regulation (digital markets, intellectual property)
5. State aid in the EU and the Republic of Croatia
• define and distinguish between the concepts and institutes of competition law and state aid law
• identify and distinguish between forms of prohibited market competition (prohibited agreements, abuse of dominant position and prohibited concentrations of undertakings);
• connect the acquired knowledge about the basic institutes of competition law with the methods of their protection.
