The Amsterdam Court of Appeal rules that cartel damages claims filed by a claim vehicle are not time-barred under Spanish, Finnish, and Swedish law in the chemicals market (CDC / Kemira)

On 4 February 2020, the Amsterdam Court of Appeal (“Court of Appeal”) ruled that cartel damage claims that were filed by claim vehicle CDC against Kemira were not time-barred under Spanish, Finnish and Swedish law. The Court of Appeal also dismissed Kemira’s challenge to the way in which the damage claims had been assigned to CDC. Especially the ruling on the applicable limitation periods is ground-breaking and