Purely internal situation: The Court of Justice of the European Union clarifies the limited conditions under which a company can be held liable for the anticompetitive behavior of a service provider (SIA “VM Remonts”)

Debroux, Michel

Previous article Licence: The Court of Justice of the European Union holds that the obligation imposed on the licensee to pay royalties is not contrary the Article 101 TFEU even if the license is annulled or if the use of the licensed technology – even without license – would not have constituted a counterfeit, as long as the licensee can freely terminate the agreement, subject to a reasonable notice (Genentech / Hoechst et Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland) Next article Obligation of motivation: The Court of Justice of the European Union rejects in a very short ruling an appeal brought against one of the judgments in the pre-stressing steel cartel (Trafilerie Meridionali, Ori Martin et Siderurgica Latina Martin)

CASE COMMENTS: CARTELS – EUROPEAN UNION - LIABILITY OF A COMPANY FOR ANTICOMPETITIVE BEHAVIOUR OF A SERVICE PROVIDER

21 Jul 2016

Purely internal situation: The Court of Justice of the European Union clarifies the limited conditions under which a company can be held liable for the anticompetitive behavior of a service provider (SIA “VM Remonts”)

KEYWORDS

Reference

CJEU, July 21, 2016, SIA “VM Remonts”, Case C-542/14

L’arrêt commenté, rendu sur question préjudicielle, confirme que la Cour, même en présence de situations purement internes, rechigne rarement à faire de la pédagogie en droit de l’Union, lorsqu’il s’agit d’assurer l’interprétation uniforme de ce dernier (voir notamment CJUE 26 novembre 2015, Maxima Latvija, aff. C-345/14, point 12). En l’espèce, la Cour suprême de Lettonie avait saisi la Cour d’une question préjudicielle portant sur une question d’interprétation du droit letton de la concurrence, identique en substance au droit de l’Union. Afin de répondre à un appel d’offres portant sur l’approvisionnement d’écoles de la ville de Jürmala,

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

Author

Michel Debroux
University Paris II Panthéon‑Assas

France 253 articles 402066 visits

Quotation

Michel Debroux, Purely internal situation: The Court of Justice of the European Union clarifies the limited conditions under which a company can be held liable for the anticompetitive behavior of a service provider (SIA “VM Remonts”), 21 July 2016, Concurrences Review Nº 4-2016, Art. N° 82037, pp. 84-85

Visites 217