Catarina Vieira Peres de Fraipont, Inês Neves

European Competition and Regulatory Law Review, Jahrgang 6 (2022), Ausgabe 1, Seite 98 - 103

Case C‑882/19 Sumal, S.L. v Mercedes Benz Trucks España, S.L., Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 6 October 2021 By judgment of 6 October 2021, in the Sumal case, the Court of Justice ruled that the victim of an anticompetitive infringement may bring an action for damages, either against a parent company who has been addressed by an infringement decision of the European Commission, or against a subsidiary which is not referred to in that decision. In order to do so, those two entities have to be part of the same economic unit and there has to be a specific link between the economic activity of that subsidiary and the subject matter of the infringement for which the parent company was held to be responsible.

Inês Neves, Kim Steffens

European Competition and Regulatory Law Review, Jahrgang 4 (2020), Ausgabe 4, Seite 260 - 272

When applying competition law, competition authorities must comply with the undertakings’ ‘fundamental’ rights and guarantees. The right of defence is commonly understood as a right that unfolds in several dimensions, being the basis of other as important rights such as the right to be heard or the right to access the file. In case C‑607/18 P NKT Verwaltung and NKT v Commission, the Court has delivered a fruitful judgment for the debate about fairness in Competition Law procedures. Keywords: procedural rights; right of defence; access to the file; right to be heard; statement of objections.

Miguel Sousa Ferro, Inês Neves

European Competition and Regulatory Law Review, Jahrgang 3 (2019), Ausgabe 1, Seite 48 - 51