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26 Jun 2019

The Spanish Competition Authority seeks a preliminary ruling on the framework agreement for the dock work sector

Clara García Fernández, Miguel Troncoso Ferrer, Sara Moya Izquierdo • June 2019

In Spain, the dock work sector has been traditionally regulated by Royal Decree 2/1986. This Decree provided special sectorial rules, including the obligation to hire workers from the port docker management limited companies (“Sociedades Anónimas de Gestión de Estibadores Portuarios” or “SAGEP”) (...)

2 May 2019

The EU Court of Justice provides guidance on the assessment of violations of free movement of capital in relation to State aid scheme (A-Fonds)

Markus Wellinger • May 2019

On 2 May 2019, the Court of Justice of the EU (“ECJ”) delivered a judgment on a request for a preliminary ruling by the Dutch Court of Appeal of ’s-Hertogenbosch. The request was made in proceedings between A-Fonds, an investment undertaking governed by German law, and the Dutch tax (...)

28 Mar 2019

The EU Court of Justice rules on scope of national limitation period in light of Damages Directive (Sport TV)

Martin Favart • March 2019

On 28 March 2019, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“ECJ”) ruled on a preliminary reference from a Portuguese court on the scope of the Portuguese limitation period in light of Directive 2014/104 on certain rules governing actions for damages under national law for infringements of the (...)

28 Mar 2019

The EU Court of Justice holds that national rules on limitation of antitrust damages claims may violate the principle of effectiveness (Cogeco)

Carolin Marx, Judith Solzbach • March 2019

The European Court of Justice in Cogeco rejects a direct effect of the Damages Directive in the pre-implementation phase, but establishes that the principle of effectiveness may itself render national rules on limitation of antitrust damages claims ineffective. The European Court of Justice (...)

28 Mar 2019

The EU Court of Justice holds that national rules on limitation of antitrust damages claims may violate the principle of effectiveness (Cogeco)

Guilherme Oliveira e Costa • March 2019

The first preliminary ruling on Directive 2014/104/EU: Case 637/17 Cogeco* Introduction With two major decisions, March 2019 was an interesting month with regard to the Court of Justice’s (also ‘ECJ’) case-law on private enforcement of competition law: Skanska (C-724/17) and Cogeco (C-637/17). (...)

14 mars 2019

Continuité économique : La Cour de justice de l’Union européenne étend aux actions en dommages et intérêts l’application du principe de la continuité économique et, ce faisant, sa définition fonctionnelle de l’entreprise (Vantaan kaupunki)

Etienne Thomas • N° 2-2019 • pp. 68-69

À l’origine d’un contentieux abondant, le principe de continuité économique permet, en substance, d’imputer une infraction à une société n’en ayant commis aucun acte matériel, mais détenant les actifs en lien avec l’infraction (voy., pour une synthèse de la jurisprudence sur ce point, Trib. UE, 6 décembre (...)

14 Mar 2019

The EU Court of Justice clarifies, in a preliminary ruling concerning an asphalt cartel, who is liable to pay compensation in a damages action arising from article 101 TFEU (Skanska Industrial Solutions)

Chantal Lavoie • March 2019

Court of Justice ruling in Skanska: EU competition law concept of ‘undertakings’ and principle of economic continuity to the rescue in civil damages claims* In its preliminary ruling in Skanska Industrial Solutions and Others, the Court of Justice has ruled on the fundamental question of who is (...)

14 Mar 2019

The EU Court of Justice confirms the application of the principle of economic continuity in private enforcement of a cartel case (Vantaan kaupunki / Skanska Industrial Solutions)

Guilherme Oliveira e Costa • March 2019

The Principle Of Economic Continuity’s Application On Private Enforcement: Case 724/17 Skanska* With two major decisions, March 2019 was an interesting month with regard to the ECJ’s case-law on the private enforcement of competition law: Skanska and Cogeco. This post will comment on the (...)

14 Mar 2019

The EU Court of Justice rules that the concept of undertaking and the principle of economic continuity apply in private enforcements cases as in public enforcement proceedings (Vantaan kaupunki / Skanska Industrial Solutions)

Carolin Marx, Judith Solzbach • March 2019

Introduction The European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) issued a landmark decision on 14 March 2019 concerning the application of the concept of “undertaking” and the principle of economic continuity to cartel damages claims. The ECJ ruled in its Skanska judgement that the broad interpretation of the (...)

5 Mar 2019

The EU Court of Justice provides guidance on the duty of recovery in case of non-compliance with Block Exemption Regulation (Eesti Pagar)

Markus Wellinger • March 2019

On 5 March 2019, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the “ECJ”) delivered a judgment on a request for preliminary ruling by the Court of Appeal of Tallinn, Estonia, concerning a dispute on certain State aid granted by the Estonian authorities to Eesti Pagar, an Estonian bakery founded in (...)

23 Jan 2019

The EU Court of Justice clarifies the concept of "existing aid" in a private enforcement case and holds that unlawful aid cannot be retroactively legalised by virtue of a limitation period that has lapsed (Fallimento Traghetti del Mediterraneo)

Faustine Viala, Sylvain Petit • January 2019

On January 23, 2019, the European Court of Justice (hereinafter the “Court” or the “ECJ”) handed down a preliminary ruling on the notion of “existing aid”. The Court held, in particular, that the circumstance where a new aid that becomes existing aid by virtue of the 10 years limitation period has (...)

18 janv. 2019

Union bancaire : Le Conseil d’État italien pose une question préjudicielle sur la qualification d’aide d’État de la transformation des banques populaires en sociétés par actions (OC)

Francesco Martucci • N° 2-2019 • p. 142

En octobre 2018, le Conseil d’État italien a posé une question préjudicielle sur la compatibilité avec le droit de l’Union de l’obligation consacrée par le législateur d’imposer la transformation des banques populaires en sociétés par actions dès lors que leurs actifs dépassent les huit milliards d’euros. (...)

17 Jan 2019

The EU Court of Justice Advocate General Juliane Kokott recommends that the EU Damages Directive not apply to proceedings that begun in a Member State before the transposition of the Directive (Cogeco / Sport TV Portugal)

Clara García Fernández, Miguel Troncoso Ferrer, Sara Moya Izquierdo • January 2019

Following the decision of the Portuguese Competition Authority finding that Sport TV had engaged in an abuse of dominance between 2006 and 2011, in February 2015, Cogeco, a Canadian cable company, brought an action for damages against Sport TV Portugal . Cogeco claimed that the EU Damages (...)

15 Nov 2018

Amicus Curiae: An overview of EU and national case law

Georges Vallindas • Amicus curiae

Amicus Curiae participation in domestic court cases is well developed in Common law countries and especially in U.S. jurisprudence. It is important to note that civil law jurisdictions do not have a tradition in using such an instrument and its introduction is mostly recent. Amicus intervention (...)

20 Sep 2018

Arbitration and competition law: a mixed-motive game?

Christian Bovet • Arbitration & Antitrust

Since the Mitsubishi judgment, the arbitrability of antitrust cases has become a standard admitted in most – if not all – jurisdictions. A great number of books, articles and notes have been published on the subject. Nevertheless, experience shows that several questions may still arise and that (...)

25 juil. 2018

Agent commercial : L’avocat général Szpunar rend des conclusions dans une affaire portant sur la sédentarité et l’exclusivité des tâches accomplies par l’agent commercial (Zako / Sanidel)

Stéphane Brena • N° 4-2018

Alors que la jurisprudence interne française tend à réduire l’étendue de la qualification d’agent commercial, à travers une conception restreinte de la notion de négociation et une exigence générale de pouvoir de représentation conféré à l’agent, la Cour de justice de l’Union européenne, saisie par voie (...)

5 Jul 2018

The EU Court of Justice clarifies territorial jurisdiction criteria for damages proceedings resulting from competition infringements (FlyLAL)

Martin Favart • July 2018

On 5 July 2018, the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) rendered a preliminary ruling on territorial jurisdiction in a long-running dispute brought by Lithuanian Airlines (“flyLAL”) against Air Baltic and Riga Airport. The case was referred to the ECJ by a Lithuanian court in order to (...)

5 Jul 2018

The EU Court of Justice clarifies jurisdiction in tortious claims and claims relating to acts of branches, which arise from competition infringements (Flylal-Lithuanian Airlines)

Philip Bentley, Jacques Buhart, Mai Muto • July 2018

On 5 July 2018, the CJEU handed down a judgment in response to a request for a preliminary ruling from the Lithuanian Court of Appeal in which it provided welcome clarifications of the interpretation of Articles 5(3) and 5(5) of Regulation No 44/2001 (Brussels I Regulation). These articles (...)

18 May 2018

The French Supreme Administrative Court releases a decision on the compliance of french regulated public tariffs on electricity with EU law (Engie / ANODE)

Jean-Paul Tran Thiet, Alexandra Sieffert-Xuriguera • May 2018

Compliance with EU law by French regulated public tariffs, on both natural gas and electricity, is a long disputed legal question. In addition, two decisions from the Conseil d’Etat (“CE”), the French Supreme Administrative Court, apparently reach contradictory conclusions, first on 19 April 2017 (...)

17 May 2018

The EU Court of Justice confirms that related undertakings are not obliged to disclose links between them to the public contracting authority, and that they can submit non-concerted offers to the same bid (Šiauliai)

Carlos Vérgez Muñoz • May 2018

In a preliminary ruling dated 17 May 2018, the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) considered that related companies are not obliged to disclose links between them when submitting separate offers for public procurement contracts. However, the contracting authority will be obliged to verify that (...)

26 Apr 2018

The EU Court of Justice clarifies application of the selectivity criterion to State aid (Anged)

Markus Wellinger • April 2018

On 26 April 2018, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“ECJ”) issued judgments on three requests for preliminary rulings from the Spanish Supreme Court regarding the qualification as state aid of regional taxes on large retail establishments situated in the territories of Catalonia (Case (...)

19 Apr 2018

The EU Court of Justice rules on requirements to establish price discrimination by a dominant undertaking (MEO – Serviços de Comunicações e Multimédia)

Richard Burton • April 2018

On 19 April 2018, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the “ECJ”) delivered a judgment holding that investigations of price discrimination under EU competition law should involve an examination of all the relevant circumstances of the case in order to assess whether there is a “competitive (...)

19 Apr 2018

The EU Court of Justice clarifies how to assess whether a practice of differential pricing by a dominant undertaking is capable of distorting competition on a downstream market (MEO - Serviços de Comunicações e Multimédia)

Philippe-Emmanuel Partsch • April 2018

Facts This preliminary ruling arose following a complaint lodged with the Portuguese Competition Authority by Serviços de Comunicações e Multimédia SA (“MEO”) alleging that GDA, a non-profit-making collecting cooperative which manages the rights of artists and performers, had abused its dominant (...)

19 Apr 2018

The EU Court of Justice provides new guidance on price discrimination by dominant market players (MEO / Autoridade da Concorrencia)

Alexandre G. Verheyden, Yvan N. Desmedt • April 2018

In April 2018, the CJEU provided guidance in assessing the validity of discriminatory pricing practices under EU rules governing dominant market players, in a preliminary ruling in case C-525/16 MEO v. Autoridade da Concorrencia. The central issue—price discrimination—is notoriously contentious (...)

19 Apr 2018

The EU Court of Justice clarifies the concept of a "competitive disadvantage" arising from discriminatory pricing by a dominant undertaking on a downstream market (MEO - Serviços de Communicações e multimedia)

Philip Bentley, Jacques Buhart, Mai Muto • April 2018

The CJEU held that a finding of a “competitive disadvantage” as the result of discriminatory pricing by a dominant undertaking on a downstream market does not require demonstration of an actual and quantifiable deterioration of a customer’s competitive situation on that market. This notion (...)

8 Feb 2018

The EU Court of Justice clarifies to what extent related undertakings may submit separate bids in the same tendering procedure (Lloyd’s / Aparcal)

Philippe-Emmanuel Partsch • February 2018

This preliminary ruling relates to a tendering procedure launched by an Italian public authority, Arpacal, for the award for a public service contract for insurance. Two Lloyd’s ‘syndicates’ participated in the call for tenders. Their tenders were both signed by an agent of Lloyd’s General (...)

30 Jan 2018

The EU Court of Justice holds in response to a request for a preliminary ruling by the Netherlands that the definition of "service" in the Services Directive includes retail trade in goods (X BV)

Caroline Korteweg, Coen Drion • January 2018

On January 30, 2018, the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") rendered a judgment with far reaching consequences for the European retail trade (ECLI:NL:C:2018:44). The judgment (in two joined cases) centered on the question of whether retail trade is a service to which the Services Directive (...)

6 Dec 2017

The EU Court of Justice holds that suppliers of luxury goods may under certain conditions restrict authorised retailers in a selective distribution system not to sell their goods via third-party online platforms to preserve their products’ ‘luxury image’ (Coty Germany)

Christian Ritz, Mariya Serafimova • December 2017

I. Introduction On 6 December 2017, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) handed down its long-awaited judgment on the permissibility of restrictions by suppliers of luxury goods to sell their products via third-party online platforms under Article 101 (1) TFEU. The question has been subject to (...)

23 nov. 2017

Question préjudicielle : La Cour de justice de l’Union Européenne se penche sur le cas d’une réglementation fixant des tarifs minimaux imposés pour la rémunération des avocats (CHEZ Elektro Bulgaria)

Alain Ronzano • N° 1-2018

Le 23 novembre 2017, la Cour de justice de l’Union a également rendu un arrêt à la suite d’une demande préjudicielle dans les affaires jointes C-427/16 et C-428/16 (CHEZ Elektro Bulgaria). En l’occurrence, le Tribunal d’arrondissement de Sofia sollicitait principalement la Cour à propos de la (...)

17 Nov 2017

The EU Court of Justice receives the first preliminary ruling request on the applicability of the EU Damages Directive (Cogeco / Sport TV Portugal)

Clara García Fernández, Miguel Troncoso Ferrer, Sara Moya Izquierdo • November 2017

A Portuguese court (Tribunal Judicial da Comarca de Lisboa) has referred the first preliminary ruling request on Directive 2014/104 ("the EU Damages Directive") to the Court of Justice of the EU. The reference of the case is C-637/17. The main question referred by the Portuguese court aims at (...)

14 Nov 2017

The EU Court of Justice confirms that not all practices by agricultural producer organisations and their associations are automatically excluded from the application of competition rules (APVE)

Luis Gomez, Rachel Cuff • November 2017

Under certain strict conditions, agricultural producers can coordinate their pricing and quantities without risk of falling foul of the EU competition rules. However, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has recently confirmed that not all practices by agricultural producer organisations and (...)

19 Oct 2017

The EU Court of Justice rules the prohibition on selling at a loss laid down by Spanish legislation relating to retail commerce contrary to EU law (Europamur Alimentación)

Carlos Vérgez Muñoz • October 2017

In the context of a preliminary ruling, the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) concluded, through judgement of 19 October 2017 (Case C-295/16, Europamur Alimentación, S.A.), that the prohibition on selling at a loss (or sale at a loss) stated in Article 14 of Law 7/1996, regulating retail commerce (...)

21 sept. 2017

Renvoi préjudiciel : L’avocat général Henrik Saugmandsgaard Øe invite la Cour de justice de l’Union Européenne à dire pour droit que la collusion par laquelle deux entreprises conviennent de communiquer auprès de tiers prescripteurs des allégations relatives à la prétendue moindre sécurité d’un médicament par rapport à un autre, sans disposer de preuves scientifiques certaines, constitue une restriction de la concurrence par objet au sens de l’article 101, paragraphe 1, TFUE pour autant que lesdites allégations sont trompeuses (Hoffmann-La Roche)

Alain Ronzano • N° 4-2017

Le 21 septembre 2017, l’avocat général Henrik Saugmandsgaard Øe a rendu des conclusions modérées dans une fort intéressante affaire C-179/16 (F. Hoffmann‑La Roche Ltd e.a. contre Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM). La présente affaire, issue d’une demande préjudicielle introduite (...)

21 Sep 2017

EU Court of Justice Advocate General Saugmandsgaard Øe indicates that providing misleading information aimed at undermining the reputation of one drug to the benefit of another drug might constitute a restriction by object (Hoffmann-La Roche)

Lucille Geraerts, Simon Troch • September 2017

On 21 September 2017 Advocate General Saugmandsgaard Øe (‘AG’) issued his opinion in F. Hoffmann-La Roche vs Autorità Garante della Concurrenza e del Mercato (AGCM). In his opinion the AG provides guidance to the Court of Justice of the European Union (‘CJEU’) on the various questions raised by the (...)

14 Sep 2017

Advocate General Mengozzi takes a new look at exhaustion of trademark rights and seems prepared to accept erosion of such rights (Schweppes)

Peter L’Ecluse • September 2017

On 12 September 2017, Advocate General Mengozzi (“AG”) delivered an opinion in the Schweppes case in the context of a request for a preliminary ruling to the Court of Justice of the European Union (“ECJ”) from a Spanish Court. In particular, the AG proposed to develop the case-law on the exhaustion (...)

14 sept. 2017

Renvoi préjudiciel : La Cour de justice de l’Union Européenne précise la méthode et les critères devant être appliqués par les autorités de concurrence pour déterminer le prix de référence en présence d’une pratique de prix excessif mise en œuvre par un monopole légal (Autortiesību un komunicēšanās konsultāciju aģentūra)

Alain Ronzano • N° 4-2017

Le 14 septembre 2017, la Cour de justice de l’Union a rendu son arrêt dans l’affaire C-177/16 (Biedrība « Autortiesību un komunicēšanās konsultāciju aģentūra – Latvijas Autoru apvienība » contre Konkurences padome). Elle y précise la méthode et les critères devant être appliqués par les autorités de la (...)

13 Sep 2017

The EU Court of Justice rules that Polish renewable energy support scheme does not involve state resources (ENEA)

Markus Wellinger • September 2017

On 13 September 2017, the Court of Justice of the European Union ( “ECJ”) issued its judgment on a request for a preliminary ruling from the Polish Supreme Court regarding the qualification of a national renewable energy support scheme as state aid (Case C-329/15, ENEA S.A. v Prezes Urzędu (...)

13 sept. 2017

Renvoi préjudiciel : La Cour de justice de l’Union Européenne dit pour droit que le régime polonais imposant aux compagnies d’électricité une obligation d’approvisionnement en électricité issue de la cogénération ne peut être qualifiée d’aide d’État, dès lors qu’il ne constitue pas une intervention de l’État ou au moyen de ressources d’État (Enea)

Alain Ronzano • N° 4-2017

Le 13 septembre 2017, la Cour de justice de l’Union a rendu son arrêt dans l’affaire C-329/15 (ENEA SA contre Prezes Urzędu Regulacji Energetyki). Cette affaire fait suite à une demande de question préjudicielle posée par le Sąd Najwyższy, la Cour suprême polonaise. Elle a été adressée à la Cour dans (...)

13 Sep 2017

The EU Court of Justice finds that a Polish purchase obligation measure in the electricity sector does not involve state resources (ENEA)

Phedon Nicolaides • September 2017

Article published on StateAidHub: http://stateaidhub.eu, republished in e-Competitions with the courtesy of the author. The original title of this article appears below the e-Competitions title. Authors are welcome to write an alternative article on this case/text, provided they have no (...)

7 Sep 2017

The EU Court of Justice decides EU merger control rules can only apply to joint control transactions if the resulting entity is a ‘full-function’ joint venture (Austria Asphalt)

George Milton, James Webber • September 2017

On September 7, 2017, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) decided that, where joint control is acquired over a new or existing undertaking (or parts of an undertaking), that transaction can only fall within the scope of the EU Merger Regulation (EUMR) where the resulting entity will be (...)

7 sept. 2017

Renvoi préjudiciel : La Cour de justice de l’Union Européenne dit pour droit que le changement de contrôle d’une entreprise commune ne relève du contrôle des concentrations qu’à la condition que ladite entreprise commune accomplisse de manière durable toutes les fonctions d’une entité économique autonome (Austria Asphalt)

Alain Ronzano • N° 4-2017

À la faveur d’un arrêt rendu le 7 septembre 2017 dans l’affaire C-248/16 (Austria Asphalt GmbH & Co OG contre Bundeskartellanwalt), la Cour de justice de l’Union, suivant les recommandations de l’avocat général Juliane Kokott, a dit pour droit que le changement de contrôle d’une entreprise commune (...)

26 juil. 2017

Renvoi préjudiciel : L’avocat général Wahl invite la Cour de justice de l’Union Européenne à dire pour droit que la clause par laquelle un fournisseur de produits de luxe interdit à ses distributeurs agréés de vendre ses produits sur des plateformes en ligne ne tombe pas, sous réserve des conditions posées par la jurisprudence, sous le coup de l’interdiction des ententes (Coty Germany/Parfümerie Akzente)

Alain Ronzano • N° 4-2017

Le 26 juillet 2017, l’avocat général Nils Wahl a rendu ses conclusions dans l’affaire C-230/16 (Coty Germany GmbH contre Parfümerie Akzente GmbH), laquelle pose, à la faveur d’une demande préjudicielle présentée par l’Oberlandesgericht de Francfort, la question de la validité au regard du droit européen (...)

19 juil. 2017

Question préjudicielle : Le Conseil d’État constate que les tarifs réglementés de vente de gaz naturel ne poursuivent aucun objectif d’intérêt économique général et juge leur maintien contraire au droit de l’Union (Association nationale des opérateurs détaillants en énergie)

Alain Ronzano • N° 4-2017

Constatant à la faveur d’une décision rendue le 19 juillet 2017 que les tarifs réglementés de vente de gaz naturel ne poursuivent aucun objectif d’intérêt économique général, le Conseil d’État juge leur maintien contraire au droit de l’Union. On se souvient que, saisi d’une requête de l’Association (...)

6 Jul 2017

The EU Court of Justice rules that a Member State could not request reimbursement of an aid that had been granted to an undertaking in compliance with the General Block Exemption Regulation (Nerea)

Philipp Werner • July 2017

In Short The Situation: On July 6, 2017, the European Court of Justice ruled that a Member State could not request reimbursement of aid that had been granted to an undertaking in compliance with the General Block Exemption Regulation solely because that undertaking later became the subject of (...)

6 Jul 2017

The EU Court of Justice finds that the eligibility of a State aid applicant and the legality of the aid are determined at the point when the aid is granted (Nerea)

Phedon Nicolaides • July 2017

Article published on StateAidHub: http://stateaidhub.eu, republished in e-Competitions with the courtesy of the author. The original title of this article appears below the e-Competitions title. Authors are welcome to write an alternative article on this case/text, provided they have no (...)

27 juin 2017

Renvoi préjudiciel : La Cour de justice de l’Union Européenne dit pour droit que la subvention au moyen de ressources d’État d’activités économiques exercées par des congrégations religieuses est susceptible de relever de l’interdiction des aides d’État (Congregación de Escuelas Pías Provincia Betania/Ayuntamiento de Getafe)

Alain Ronzano • N° 4-2017

Le 27 juin 2017, la Cour de justice de l’Union européenne a rendu son arrêt dans l’affaire C-74/16 (Congregación de Escuelas Pías Provincia Betania / Ayuntamiento de Getafe), laquelle fait suite à une demande préjudicielle soumise par le Juzgado Contencioso-Administrativo n° 4 de Madrid (Espagne). Le (...)

31 May 2017

Empowering NCAs: Can the draft Directive reach its goals?

Anna Vernet, Jacques Buhart, Jean-François Bellis, Kurt Haegeman, Nils Wahl, Paul Lugard, Wilko Van Weert

Law & Economics Workshop organized by Concurrences Review in partnership with McDermott Will & Emery.

18 mai 2017

Question préjudicielle : La Cour de justice de l’Union Européenne précise les conditions requises pour qu’une dation en paiement puisse constituer une aide d’État au sens de l’article 107 TFUE (Fondul Proprietatea/Complexul Energetic Oltenia)

Alain Ronzano • N° 3-2017

Le 18 mai 2017, la Cour de justice de l’Union a rendu un arrêt dans l’affaire C-150/16 (Fondul Proprietatea SA contre Complexul Energetic Oltenia SA), à la suite d’une demande de décision préjudicielle introduite par la Cour d’appel de Craiova en Roumanie. Dans le litige au principal, une entreprise — (...)

18 May 2017

The EU Court of Justice finds that the transfer of public assets between state owned companies for the purpose of extinguishing a debt may constitute State aid (Fondul Proprietatea / Complexul Energetic Oltenia)

Phedon Nicolaides • May 2017

Article published on StateAidHub: http://stateaidhub.eu, republished in e-Competitions with the courtesy of the author. The original title of this article appears below the e-Competitions title. Authors are welcome to write an alternative article on this case/text, provided they have no (...)

6 Apr 2017

The EU Court of Justice Advocate General Wahl offers guidance on the criteria to identify excessive prices in abuse of dominance case (AKKA / LAA)

Tim Kasten • April 2017

On 6 April 2016, Advocate General (“AG”) Wahl gave an opinion advising the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) on the criteria to determine whether a Latvian royalty collecting society had abused its dominant position by charging excessive prices in breach of Article 102(a) TFEU. The matter came (...)

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