On May 7, 2024, as part of the Jean Monnet South and East European Competition Law Center of Excellence and the Croatian Competition Law and Policy Association, and on the occasion of Europe Day at the Faculty of Law in Osijek, the Online Competition Law Day on Public and Private Enforcement in Bid-Rigging Cases in the EU and SEE was held. This event is in a series of numerous activities within the framework of the Jean Monnet South and East European Competition Law Center of Excellence and the Croatian Competition Law, led by Professor Dubravka Akšamović, PhD, from the Faculty of Law in Osijek. In the first panel, leading experts from Italy, Croatia, and Serbia had the opportunity to acquaint participants with the most important cases of bid rigging in the law and practice of the EU and countries from southern and eastern Europe (speakers: Renato Ferrandi, International and EU Affairs Italian Competition Authority, Italy: Fighting bid rigging in public procurement; Nikola Ilic, Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade, Serbia: Bidding consortia: When does cooperation become collusion?; Vlatka Butorac Malnar, Faculty of Law, University of Rijeka, Croatia: Private Enforcement in Bid- Rigging Cases in the European Union).
In the second panel, leading experts from Italy, Albania, Moldova, Serbia, Tajikistan, North Macedonia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina discussed the normative and enforcement framework regarding bid rigging in countries of southern and eastern Europe (speakers: Petrina Broka, Albania; Kanita Imamović – Čizmić, Bosnia and Herzegovina; Emiliano Marchisio, Italy; Plotnić Olesea, Moldova; Darko Spasevski and Borka Tushevska Gavrilović, North Macedonia; Tatjana Jovanić, Serbia; Saidqosim Mukhtorov, Tajikistan).
As part of the event, a student panel was also held, in which students from Croatia, Moldova, Albania, North Macedonia, Tajikistan, and Serbia presented their papers that won the Best Student Paper on the Competition Law Day competition (students: Firuz Okhunov, Department of World Economy, Institute of Economy and Trade of TSUC, Khujand, Tajikistan: Competition Law
Enforcement and Advocacy; Panuș Daniela, Faculty of Finance, Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova, Chișinău Republic of Moldova: Competition Policy Contributing to The European Green
Deal; Viktorija Andonovska, Ss.Cyril and Methodius University, Faculty of Law “Iustinianus Primus”- Skopje, North Macedonia: AI's Impact On Competition Law: Addressing Collusion Risks; Zhaklin Mecani, Faculty of Law, University of Tirana, Albania: Competition Policy Contributing to The European Green Deal in Albanian Legal System; Nadja Marinković, BA Student, Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade, Serbia: Dawn Raid: With Great Power Comes (No) Great Responsibility; Sara Marko, Faculty of Law, University of Osijek, Croatia: The Leniency Programme in Croatia).
