Ben Van Rompuy participated as an invited expert in the 22nd Annual Meeting of the Association of European Competition Law Judges (AECLJ), which took place in Berlin from May 30 to June 1, 2004. The event was co-organised by the European Commission.
The primary goal of the AECLJ is to create a platform for sharing knowledge and experiences in competition law among judges across the European Union and other parts of Europe. One focus of the work of the AECLJ is the organisation of an annual conference to discuss pressing issues and address judge's concerns.
The theme of this year's annual meeting was "Sports, Arbitration, and Competition Law".
The meeting kicked off with a panel discussion delving into the far-reaching implications of three recent landmark judgments by the EU Court of Justice (European Superleague, ISU, and Royal Antwerp) for EU competition law and its application to sports governance. Moderated by Anne-Marie Witters, President of the Market Court in Brussels, the panel featured Ben Van Rompuy alongside Jean-François Bellis (partner at Van Bael & Bellis) and Gero Meessen (member of the Legal Service of the European Commission).
