The Spanish High Court annuls the Competition Authority’s €60,000 fine against a road transport association for lack of motivation and error in the qualification of the conduct (ASEMTRASAN)

KEYWORDS
Reference

Spanish High Court, ASEMTRASAN, Case No. 164/2015, Judgement, 29 January 2021 (Spanish)

The Spanish National High Court (Audiencia Nacional, “Spanish High Court”) has annulled the fine that the Spanish National Commission of Markets and Competition (Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y de la Competencia, “CNMC”) imposed to the Asociación de Empresarios de Transportes Discrecionales de Mercancías por Carretera de Santander y Cantabria (“ASEMTRASAN”) in the decision issued on February 11, 2015, in case S/0464/13 – Puerto de Santander. More precisely, the Spanish High Court has upheld the appeal filed by ASEMTRASAN against the aforementioned decision for lack of motivation and error in the qualification of the conduct. In addition to the obligation of the CNMC to pay back the amount of the fine (€60,000) already paid by the appellant, the real significance of this judgment is a sharp

Access to this article is restricted to subscribers

Already Subscribed? Sign-in

Access to this article is restricted to subscribers.

Read one article for free

Sign-up to read this article for free and discover our services.

 

PDF Version

Authors

Quotation

Carlos A. Ruiz García, Floriane Sement, Juan Landecho Canosa, The Spanish High Court annuls the Competition Authority’s €60,000 fine against a road transport association for lack of motivation and error in the qualification of the conduct (ASEMTRASAN), 29 January 2021, e-Competitions Burden of proof, Art. N° 101966

Visites 45

All issues

  • Latest News issue 
  • All News issues
  • Latest Special issue 
  • All Special issues