The Barcelona Court of Appeal partially upholds the appeal brought by several envelope manufacturers that had been sanctioned by the Competition Authority for their participation in the infamous envelope cartel (Planeta / Misiones Salesianas / Bankoa...)

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Barcelona Court of Appeal, Planeta / Misiones Salesianas / Bankoa..., ECLI:ES:APB:2020:58, 10 January 2020 (Spanish)

On January 10, 2020, the Barcelona Court of Appeal (Judgment 45/2020; Appeal No 1965/2018) partially upheld the appeal brought by several undertakings that had been sanctioned by the Spanish National Commission of Markets and Competition (hereinafter, “CNMC”) in case S/0316/10 –Sobres de papel, against the judgment of the Commercial Court No 3 of Barcelona, which partially ruled for the claim for damages against the undertakings concerned. I. BACKGROUND OF THE CASE 1. The CNMC’s decision in case S/0316/10 On March 20, 2013, following a leniency application and the subsequent proceedings, the CNMC fined several manufacturers of paper envelopes for having entered into a cartel consisting in price-fixing and market sharing agreements through public biddings in the Spanish market for the

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Pablo García Vázquez, Silvia Terzulli Gali, Alejandro Sánchez Bañares, The Barcelona Court of Appeal partially upholds the appeal brought by several envelope manufacturers that had been sanctioned by the Competition Authority for their participation in the infamous envelope cartel (Planeta / Misiones Salesianas / Bankoa...), 10 January 2020, e-Competitions January 2020, Art. N° 101968

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