Christof Schoser

Deputy Head of Unit, European Commission, DG COMP,

Education

  • Economics degrees from University of Kiel (Germany) and Bruges (Belgium)
  • PhD in economics from the University of Freiburg (Germany)

Work at the European Commission

DG Competition (2000 – 2006)

  • Antitrust control in the food, pharmaceutical and agricultural sectors
  • State aid control in the media and telecoms sectors

DG Energy and Transport (2006 – 2008)

  • Internal market for electricity and gas
    • Work on the Third Internal Energy Market Package

Member of Cabinet of Energy Commissioner Piebalgs (2008- 2010)

  • Areas: Internal energy market, security of energy supply, energy infrastructure

DG Mobility and Transport (2010)

  • International aviation negotiations with Eastern Europe and Central Asia

DG Energy (2010-2012)

  • Deputy Head of Unit, Energy technologies & research coordination
    • In charge of the Strategic Energy Technology (SET)-Plan
    • Overseeing Horizon 2020 projects

DG Competition

  • Deputy Head of Unit, State aid control in energy (2012-2019)
    • In charge of developing and implementing EEAG 2014-2020
    • Leading the sector inquiry on capacity mechanisms
  • Head of Taskforce Third-Country Subsidies (since 2020)
    • Leading work on legal instrument to address foreign subsidies

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