Eddy De Smijter

Head of the International Relations Unit, DG Competition at European Commission

Speaker

Eddy De Smijter is Head of the International Relations Unit in DG Competition at the European Commission since October 2016. The unit is also hosting the Task Force on Foreign Subsidies.

He joined the European Commission in 2001 as a member of the team that negotiated Regulation 1/2003 on the implementation of the EU competition rules. After the adoption of the Regulation, Eddy stayed within the unit responsible for the European Competition Network until his move, in 2005, to the team that developed the Commission's policy on private enforcement of the EU antitrust rules. In that capacity, he was leading the team that negotiated the Directive on antitrust damages actions.

Eddy was also heading the Commission’s team in the co-decision procedure on the Foreign Subsidies Regulation.