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Agenda

Thursday, May 18, 2006
Marriott Hotel, Arpad Room

Licensing/Competition Committee Meeting: Role of the Regulator & Anti-Monopoly/Competition Authorities

09:00 Welcoming Comments

• Dr. Gábor Szörényi, Director, Hungarian Energy Office; Chairman, Licensing/Competition Committee

09:05 Roundtable Discussions:

Licensing/Competition Updates by Committee Members
(Each Committee Member will be requested to give a max. 5 min. verbal update on the recent developments in their country in the field of introducing competition, such as new market structure, new players, new rules assisting new entrants, market ratios of different players, mergers, acquisitions, preparatory works.)

10:00 Mutual Recognition of Licenses: Discussion on the Content of the Issue Paper

• Discussion
• Questions & Answers

10:30 Coffee break

10:45 Different / Shared responsibilities and Cooperation between the Regulator and the Competition Authorities in the Energy Sector

• Introduction of the Jointly (HCA – HEO) Financed Study Prepared by the Hungarian Competition Authority on the different type of relationship between Regulators and Competition Authorities in Europe – Mr. Csaba Kovács, Head of Competition Policy Section, Hungarian Competition Authority
• Introduction of the Cooperative agreement between the Hungarian Competition Authority and the Hungarian Energy Office - Mr. Csaba Kovacs, Hungarian Energy Office 
• Experience in the cooperation between competition and regulation in the light of liberalization  - Mr. István Nagyházi, Investigator, Hungarian Competition Authority
• Questions & Answers

12:30 Lunch

13:45 EON-MOL Merger Transaction – Case Study

• Ms. Csilla Bartok, Economist, DG Competition, European Commission
• Dr. Gábor Szörényi, Director, Hungarian Energy Office
• Mr. István Nagyházi, Investigator, of Hungarian Competition Authority
• Questions & Answers

14:45 Relationship between the (Federal and Regional) Regulator and the Competition Authority in the Russian Federation

• Anna Izotova, Federal Tariff Service, Russia
• Questions & Answers

15:20 Coffee break

15:40 Relationship between the Regulator and the Competition Authority in Romania

• Mr. Marius Stefana, Inspector on Competition Issues, Romanian Competition Council
• Mr. Dan Ionescu, Commissioner, National Heat and Electricity Regulatory Authority, Romania

16:10 Relationship between the Regulator and the Competition Authority in Latvia

• Ilze Lasmane, Head of the 1^st Analytic Division, Latvian Competition Authority
• Sandija Audzere, Public Utilities Commission, Latvia

16:40 Some practical examples on the potential abuse of vertical integrated companies (e.g.: administrative network access barriers of small generators, switching between regulated and free market segments)

• President Diane Munns (Iowa), NARUC
• Csaba Kovacs, Hungarian Energy Office
• Questions & Answers

17:30 Meeting concludes