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Regulation of network industries
The dynamic development of the legal framework regarding the liberalized sectors of telecommunications, energy and railway leads to many interesting regulatory problems.
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Univ.-Prof. Dr. iur.Christian KoenigLL.M.
EU law, regulatory law and public competition law. Director at the Center for European Integration Studies (ZEI) and member of the faculty of law of the University of Bonn.
Short profile
Full academic careerChristian Koenig (tenured professor, Dr. iur., LL.M.), born in 1961, is one of the directors of the Center for European Integration Studies (since April 1, 1999) – www.zei.de – and a member of the faculty of law of the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University Bonn.
From 1980 to 1985 he studied law in Berlin and Mainz and graduated from the London School of Economics (LSE) in 1986 with a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree. Having completed his dissertation in 1988 he took the second state examination (~bar exam), after which he was hired by an international law firm. Intent on pursuing an academic career he worked on his postdoctoral qualification to become a professor (Habilitation), which he finished in 1993 at the Philipps-University Marburg. Since then he held professorships of law at the University of Hamburg (1993–1994), the Johannes-Gutenberg-University Mainz (1994–1995), the Philipps-University Marburg (1995–1999) and finally the University of Bonn (since 1999).
Areas of expertise
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Public competition law
It has become increasingly important to deal with problems in the field of public competition law with an approach including EC law, especially EC state aid law. Appropriate case law and decisions by the European Commission need to be analyzed and interpreted regularly to keep track of this constantly evolving field.
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Regulation of the health markets
Focal point of the field “Regulation of the German health market / European pharmaceutical law” is monitoring the status of the proceedings in the Parliament regarding the German health reform (approximately: “law to strengthen competition in the compulsory health insurance market”) and identifying the consequences of these proceedings for the organizational structure of the insurance providers and the care providers.
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The Art of Regulation
Competition in Europe – Wealth and Wariness
Christian Koenig, University of Bonn, Germany and Bernhard Von Wendland, European Commission, Belgium
Increasingly, EU market regulation measures have been introduced in the pursuit of economic justice and welfare. This book illustrates how regulation can help to prevent the abuse of dominance, in particular the abuse of public capital by the state.
Postrecht – Praxishandbuch für Regulierungsfragen
Groebel/Katzschmann/Koenig/Lemberg · 1. Auflage 2014
Energierecht
Koenig/Kühling/Rasbach · 3. Auflage 2013
Europarecht
Haratsch/Koenig/Pechstein · 11. überarbeitete und aktualisierte Auflage 2018
Recent publications
The five most recent of 526 recorded articles and contributions.
Entry 526: Koenig, Christian/ Graf, Julius: "Zur Beihilfefähigkeit von Rechenzentren nach der Mitteilung der Kommission über den Rahmen für staatliche Beihilfen zur Unterstützung des Deals für eine saubere Industrie" BRZ 2/2026, Seiten 67-80
Entry 525: Koenig, Christian/ Koof, Alexander: "Unionsrechtliche Anforderungen an mitgliedstaatliche Risikominderungsmaßnahmen nach Art. 36 Abs. 3 UAbs. 1 Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1107/2009" StoffR 2/2026, Seiten 113-132
Entry 524: Koenig, Christian/ Döding, Hannah: "Die Unionsrechtskonformität eines gesetzlich vordeterminierten Zugangsanspruchs zur gebäudeinternen Verkabelung (Netzebene 4)" N&R, 3&4/ 2026, Seiten 130-141
Entry 523: Koenig, Christian/ Mezey, Krisztina/ Schäfer, Lina: "Abschied vom Herkunftslandprinzip? Der multiple Überwachungsansatz bei grenzüberschreitender Tätigkeit von Verpflichteten nach dem neuen EU-Geldwäscherechtspaket (Teil 2)" GWuR 2/2026, Seiten 64-67
Entry 522: Koenig, Christian/ Mezey, Krisztina/ Schäfer, Lina: "Abschied vom Herkunftslandprinzip? Der multiple Überwachungsansatz bei grenzüberschreitender Tätigkeit von Verpflichteten nach dem neuen EU-Geldwäscherechtspaket (Teil 1)" GWuR 1/2026, Seiten 29-33
Court procedures
17 cases before the Court of Justice of the European Union and the General Court.
Contact
Enquiries concerning research, teaching and legal expert opinions are welcome at the following address.
Center for European Integration Studies
Office management: Birgit Löckenhoff
Belderberg 6
53111 Bonn, Germany
profkoenig@gmx.de