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

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). This post will comment on the judgment in Cogeco, whereas a previous post analysed the Skanska ruling. Cogeco is, in fact, an unsurprising judgment, particularly regarding its conclusions. But the decision itself contains a lot of interesting points, and was preceded by a noteworthy Opinion of AG Kokott. Additionally, its importance must not be underestimated since it is the first preliminary ruling on Directive 2014/104/EU (‘Damages Directive’) and, as pointed out by AG Kokott, there are still

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Guilherme Oliveira e Costa, The EU Court of Justice holds that national rules on limitation of antitrust damages claims may violate the principle of effectiveness (Cogeco / Sport TV Portugal), 28 mars 2019, e-Competitions March 2019, Art. N° 90999

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