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Biography

Dr Bernadette Zelger is an Assistant Professor and graduate from the University of Innsbruck (Dr. iur., Mag. iur.), King’s College London (Postgraduate Diploma in EU Competition Law) and Queen Mary University of London (LL.M. in Competition Law) as well as a qualified lawyer in Austria (Bar exam 2014). Before having joined the Department of European and Public International Law, University of Innsbruck (2020), Bernadette worked as a Research Assistant for Prof. Ioannis Kokkoris, Professor for Law and Economics at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom and as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Commercial Law, University of Innsbruck.

Bernadette holds/held various esteemed Fellowships, including research stays abroad, such as, inter alia, a DOC-Fellowship of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, a Fellowship of the Max Planck Institute for Innovation und Competition and an Emil Noel Fellowship at NYU School of Law, Jean Monnet Center for International and Regional Economic Law & Justice, New York.

Bernadette’s research focus lies with EU Law (i.e. in particular EU Internal Market Law, EU Competition Law, EU State Aid Law, EU Data Protection Law, EU Economic Constitutional Law), with a special focus on digitization and the challenges related thereto as well as to other challenges of the 21st century (e.g. climate change et al) and Public International Law (International Economic Law, International and European Asylum and Migration Law).

Furthermore, Bernadette gained practical experience as a lawyer for a period of 5 years in full service law firms headquartered in Vienna (Schoenherr Attorneys at Law, WOLF THEISS Attorneys at Law), the European Commission, DG COMP, E1 (Unit for Antitrust – Pharma and Health Services) in Brussels, Belgium, and as Legal Counsel (Unternehmensjuristin) at the Legal Department of a Bank (headquarter in Innsbruck).

Bernadette has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals and been a speaker at various different national and international conferences (see below).

Current third-party funded projects

The Compatibility of Rules on Exit Taxes with European Union Law – An Extensive Comparative Law Analysis (Zur unionsrechtskonformen Ausgestaltung von Regelungen der Wegzugsbesteuerung – Eine umfassende Analyse im Rechtsvergleich)
Tiroler Wissenschaftsförderung (TWF 2022) – Tyrolean Science Fund 2022

Project Team Members: Mag.^a Marija Bilić, Jil Merlijn Abt

Publications

ORCID iD record 

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5311-1850

Monographs, Edited Collections

2023

• Darren Harvey|Madlen Karg|Janine Prantl|Clara Rauchegger|Bernadette Zelger (eds) Reforming the EU Treaties Proposals for Amendments to the TEU, TFEU and the Charter by Young Scholars of European Law, NOMOS|Hart 2023, forthcoming (https://www.nomos-shop.de/nomos/titel/reforming-the-eu-treaties-proposals-for-amendments-to-the-teu-tfeu-and-the-charter-by-young-scholars-of-european-law-id-116995/)
• Bernadette Zelger, Restrictions of EU Competition Law in the Digital Age – The Meaning of „Effects“ in a Digital Economy, Studies in European Economic Law and Regulation (SEELR, Volume 25), Springer Cham 2023, 225 pages, Monograph (ISBN: 978-3-031-31338-7): https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-31339-4

2019

• Manfrad Büchele|Lars Kerbler|Bernadette Zelger, The Law of Closed Companies in the European Region Tyrol-South-Tyrol-Trentino, Jan Sramek Verlag 2019, 114 pages, Monograph. ISBN: 978-3-7097-0196-6.

Articles, Contributions

2023

• Bernadette Zelger (2023) Möglichkeiten und Chancen der „bewirkten Wettbewerbsbeschränkung“ in der Digitalökonomie in: Fischer|Hornkohl (eds) Tagungsband Junges Kartellrecht 2023, NOMOS 2023, forthcoming.
• Bernadette Zelger (2023) Jüngste Entwicklungen im EU-Kartellschadenersatzprozessrecht – Teil II: Die Entscheidung des EuGH in der Rechtssache Tráficos Manuel Ferrer (C-312/21) und ihre Bedeutung für die österreichische Rechtslage, ÖZK 16(5), 170-178.
• Bernadette Zelger (2023) Jüngste Entwicklungen im EU-Kartellschadenersatzprozessrecht – Teil I: Art 5 und 6 Kartellschadenersatz-RL nach RegioJet (C-57/21) sowie ein Beitrag zur Debatte hinsichtlich der Vereinbarkeit des Art 6 Abs 6 mit dem Unionsprimärrecht, ÖZK 16(4), 127-137.
• Bernadette Zelger (2023) Zur Eingriffsprüfung in die EU-Warenverkehrsfreiheit 30 Jahre nach der Leitentscheidung des EuGH in Keck – Der Versuch einer Systematisierung vor dem Hintergrund der jüngsten Entscheidung in Booky.fi, wbl 37(8), 417-427.
• Bernadette Zelger (2023) Strengthening the Role of Google? Recent Developments in the Right to Be Forgotten Case Law of the CJEU (C-460/20 TU, RE v Google LLC), Global Privacy Law Review, 4(2), 93-96.
  

• Bernadette Zelger|Marija Bilić (2023) Die neue IPCEI-Mitteilung 2022 und ihre Bedeutung für Österreich, in Thomas Jaeger, Birgit Haslinger (eds), Beihilferecht Jahrbuch 2023, 343-362.
• Bernadette Zelger (2023) Die Buchpreisbindung im digitalen Zeitalter: Zu ihrer Vereinbarkeit mit dem Unionsrecht – eine Analyse aus binnenmarktrechtlicher Perspektive, EuR (European Law), 58(2), 160-180.
  
• Bernadette Zelger (2023) The Principle of ne bis in idem in EU Competition law: The Beginning of a new Era after the ECJ’s Decisions in bpost and Nordzucker?, Common Market Law Review, 60(1), 239-262.
• Bernadette Zelger (2023) Environmental and Sustainability Aspects in EU Competition Law – Towards a “more economic & ecological approach” under Article 101 TFEU?, European Yearbook of International Economic Law 2022, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 411-442.

2022

• Bernadette Zelger|Marija Bilić (2022) Vorreiter Österreich? Zur Vereinbarkeit des neuen § 2 Abs. 1 Kartellgesetz mit dem Unionsrecht, ÖZK (Austrian Competition Journal), 15(5), 182-193.
• Bernadette Zelger (2022) The New Sustainability Exemption according to § 2(1) Austrian Cartel Act and its Relationship with Article 101 TFEU – European Spearhead or Born to Fail?, European Competition Journal, 18(3), 514-531.
  
• Bernadette Zelger (2022) The European Deal and the Commission's New Guidelines on Climate, Environmental Protection and Energy Aid 2022 (CEEAG) – A Critical Analysis, ÖZK (Austrian Competition Journal), 15(3), 87-95.
• Bernadette Zelger|Marija Bilić (2022) Zur unionsrechtlichen Vereinbarkeit von § 6 AStG nach der Novelle des deutschen Gesetzgebers durch das Gesetz zur Umsetzung der Anti-Steuervermeidungsrichtlinie - eine unendliche Geschichte?, ISR (Internationale SteuerRundschau), 11(5), 133-141.
• Bernadette Zelger (2022) The Right to Be Forgotten in the European Union – Towards a Uniform Approach?, Global Privacy Law Review, 3(1), 19-28.

2021

• Bernadette Zelger (2021) Die gesetzliche Buchpreisbindung – Wettbewerbsbeschränkung oder mit dem Kartellrecht vereinbar?, ZUM (Journal of Copyright and Media Law), 65(12), 1000-1007.
  
• Bernadette Zelger (2021) Zum Entwurf der überarbeiteten Vertikalen Gruppenfreistellungsverordnung und den überarbeiteten Vertikalen Leitlinien – Ein kritischer Überblick, ÖZK (Austrian Competition Journal), 14(5), 174-182.
  
• Bernadette Zelger (2021) Der Begriff des 'Unternehmens' im europäischen Datenschutzrecht – Vorbild europäisches Kartellrecht?, EuR (European Law), 56(4), 493-510.
  
• Bernadette Zelger (2021) The Principle of ne bis in idem in EU Competition Law, Wirtschaft und Wettbewerb (Competition Law and Economics), 71(5), 261-268 (WUW1358074).
  
• Bernadette Zelger (2021) By Object or Effect Restrictions – Reverse Payment Settlement Agreements in light of Lundbeck, Servier and Generics, Journal of European Competition Law & Practice, 12(4), 273-283.

2020

• Stefan Mumelter|Bernadette Zelger (2020) Challenges in Asylum Law Procedures – A Practitioner’s Perspective, in: Bußjäger|Gsodam (eds), Migration und Europäische Union: Multi-Level-Governance als Lösungsansatz (2020), 143-155.
• Bernadette Zelger (2020) Der privilegierte Erwerb von Kfz-Abstellplätzen durch Wohnungseigentümer (§ 5 Abs 2 WEG) vor dem Hintergrund der Entscheidung des OGH zu 5 Ob 223/19h, Wohnrechtliche Blätter, 33(11), 359-362.
• Bernadette Zelger (2020) EU Competition Law and Extraterritorial Jurisdiction – a critical Analysis of the ECJ's Judgement in Intel, European Competition Journal, 16(2-3), 613-627.
  
• Bernadette Zelger (2020) Book Review: Stucke, Maurice E./Ezrachi, Ariel, Competition Overdose – How Free Market Mythology Transformed Us from Citizen Kings to Market Servants, Harper Business 2020, 416 S., ISBN 978-0062892836, Wirtschaft und Wettbewerb (Competition Law and Economics) 2021, 30 (WUW1344268).
  

2018

• Bernadette Zelger (2018) Restrictions of online sales and vertical agreements: Bundeskartellamt vs. Commission? Why Coty and Asics are compatible, European Competition Journal, 14(2-3), 445-461.
• Bernadette Zelger (2018) The ‘Effect on Trade’ Criterion in European Union State aid Law: a Critical Approach, European State Aid Law Quarterly, 17(1), 28-42.

2017

• Bernadette Zelger (2017) 'By object' restrictions pursuant to Article 101(1) TFEU: A clear matter or a mess, and a critical analysis of the Court's judgement in Expedia?, European Competition Journal, 13(2-3), 356-389.

2016

• Bernadette Zelger (2016) Alternative Provisionsmodelle – Rechtlicher Hintergrund. In: Rollet, Heimo: Der Tod des Maklers – und seine Rückkehr als Held. Wien: Linde Verlag, ISBN 9783707335330, 92-94.
• Bernadette Zelger (2016) Die Haftung des Immobilienmaklers. In: Rollet, Heimo: Der Tod des Maklers – und seine Rückkehr als Held. Wien: Linde Verlag, ISBN 9783707335330, 39-41.
• Bernadette Zelger (2016) Mehr! – Rechtliche Hintergründe. In: Rollet, Heimo: Der Tod des Maklers – und seine Rückkehr als Held. Wien: Linde Verlag, ISBN 9783707335330, 181-189.

2014

• Hanno Wollmann|Bernadette Zelger (2014) Developments in National Competition Laws – (Austria), Wirtschaft und Wettbewerb (Competition Law and Economics) 9/2014, 838-845 (WUW0666216).
• Hanno Wollmann|Bernadette Zelger (2014) Developments in National Competition Laws – (Austria), Wirtschaft und Wettbewerb (Competition Law and Economics) 6/2014, 599-607 (WUW0662502).
• Hanno Wollmann|Bernadette Zelger (2014) Developments in National Competition Laws – (Austria), Wirtschaft und Wettbewerb (Competition Law and Economics) 3/2014, 288-294 (WUW0649314).

2013

• Hanno Wollmann|Bernadette Zelger (2013) Developments in National Competition Laws – (Austria), Wirtschaft und Wettbewerb (Competition Law and Economics) 12/2013, 1203-1211 (WUW0630805).
• Ayla Ilicali/Bernadette Zelger (2013) Austria: The New Real Estate Income Tax – Yet Another Tax to Pay, Schönherr Roadmap #13 - Evolution. Wien: Schönherr Rechtsanwälte GmbH.

Fellowships|Grants|Prizes 

• DOC-Fellowship of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
• Scholarship (Förderstipendium) of the University of Innsbruck (academic year 2019/2020)
  
• Early Stage Funding 2022 (University of Innsbruck, 1^st and 2^nd tranche)
• Tyrolean Science Fund 2022 (Tiroler Wissenschaftsförderung 2022)
• Max Planck Fellowship, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition (2023)
• Emil Noel Fellowship, Jean Monnet Center for International and Regional Economic Law & Justice at NYU Law School, NYC (academic year 2023/24)
• Franz Gschnitzer Prize 2023 of the Faculty of Law, University of Innsbruck (doctoral thesis)
• Recognition Award of the Jury for the Best Student Paper 2022 (Anerkennungspreis der Jury des Best Student Paper Award 2022)
• Recognition Award of the Jury for the Award of Excellence 2022 (Anerkennungspreis der Jury des Award of Excellence 2022)

Research Stays

• Max-Planck-Institute for Innovation and Competition Munich, Germany (August-October 2021)
• Institute of European and Comparative Law, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford (August-October 2022)
• Max-Planck-Institute for Innovation and Competition Munich, Germany (July-August 2023, June-September 2024)
• Emile Noël Fellowship, NYU School of Law, Jean Monnet Center for International and Regional Economic Law & Justice, New York (September 2023-May 2024)

Invited Academic Talks|Presentations

• Fall 2023 Global/Emile Noël Fellows Forum, 26 September 2023, Jean Monnet Center at NYU Law School, New York, Damian Chalmers: Market Democracy, Market Justice, Market Craft and Market Struggle: Worlds of Competition Law in the Global South
  commentator: Bernadette Zelger

• Fall 2023 Global/Emile Noël Fellows Forum, 21 September 2023, Jean Monnet Center NYU Law School, New York, The EU Social Market Economy and the Digital Age
  (commentator: Damian Chalmers)

• ASCOLA Annual Conference 2023, 30 June - 2 Junly 2023, University of Athens
  "The Principle of ne bis in idem in EU Competition Law: The Beginning of a new Era after the ECJ’s Decisions in bpost and Nordzucker?"
• Tagung "Junges Kartellrecht" 2023, Nachwuchstagung: Kartellrecht und Zukunftstechnologien, 16.-17. Juni 2023, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
  "Möglichkeiten und Chancen der 'bewirkten Wettbewerbsbeschränkung' in der Digitalökonomie" 
• ASCOLA Annual Conference 2022, 30 June - 2 July 2022, Universidade Católica Portuguesa (Porto) 
  "Statutory Rules on Fixed Book Prices – Restrictive of Competition or Compatible with EU Competition Law?"
• Conference of Young Public Law Scholars in Austria (Tagung der österreichischen Assistentinnen und Assistenten des Öffentlichen Rechts), 15 October 2021, WU Wien
  Recht im (Um)bruch – (Um)bruch im Recht – 'Der Begriff des Unternehmens im Europäischen Datenschutzrecht'
• ASCOLA Annual Conference 2021, 1 - 3 July 2021, Universidade Católica Portuguesa (Porto) (ONLINE)
  Adjacent Session 6: 'Object Restrictions and Sporting Rules – A critical Analysis of the Decision in International Skating Union v Commission'
• ASCOLA Annual Conference 2021, 1 - 3 July 2021, Universidade Católica Portuguesa (Porto) (ONLINE)
  Main Track Panel V: 'The Principle of ne bis in idem in EU Competition Law'
• 4^th Conference of Young European Law Scholars (YELS) 2021, 20 - 21 May 2021, University of Zurich (ONLINE)
  Back to the Beginnings: Revisiting the Preambles of European Treaties. Panel III: EU Internal Market – 'The Social, the Market and the Preambles of the Treaties of the European Union'
• Euregio Symposium: The Law of Closed Corporations, 24 - 25 May 2019, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Panel on Formation & Startups (Commentator)

Associations

• Academic Society for Competition Law (ASCOLA)
• International Society for Public Law (ICON•s)
• Woman in Competition Law Network Austria (WCNA)
• Österreichische Gesellschaft für Europarecht, ÖGER (Austrian Society for European Law)

Research interests

• European Law
• EU Internal Market Law
• EU Competition Law and National Competition Laws
• EU State Aid Law
• EU Data Protection Law
• EU Economic Constitutional Law
• International Economic Law
• International and European Asylum and Migration Law

Languages

• German
• English
  
• French

Teaching