Contributions – Judicial Competition Training

7 November, 2023

El acceso al expediente administrativo en los expedientes de competencia de la comisión nacional de los mercados y de la competencia

Una de las prioridades de la Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y de la Competencia(CNMC) es conjugar de manera adecuada, de un lado, el conocimiento que […]

26 October, 2021

The uniform application of Competition Law in the EU: an alternative consideration to the Sumal Case (C-882/19). Eduardo Pastor Martínez, Commercial Court number 3 Valencia (Spain)

With the Sumal judgment, the CJEU has clarified the possible applications of the theory of economic unity as a standard of liability in the field of […]

18 October, 2021

Single economic unit members liability. Commentary to the Judgement of the Court of Justice (Grand Chamber) of October 06, 2021 in the Judgment in Case C-882/19 Sumal (ECLI:EU:C:2021:800) by Prof. Dr. Juan Ignacio Ruiz Peris (UVEG)

SUMMARY: 1. Undertaking, single economic unit and principle of personal responsibility. 2. Single economic unit and control. 3. Subsidiary liability. 6. Economic unit and control. 7. […]

11 October, 2021

THE THEORY OF ECONOMIC UNITY IN INFRINGEMENT OF COMPETITION. Commentary to the CJEU of 6 October 2021 (Sumal, Case C-882/19).Enrique Sanjuán y Muñoz.Senior Judge Spain Competition and Commercial issues.Part time Professor of de University of Málaga. UMA.Professor-Tutor of Microeconomics .Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED)

1. Introduction. 2. The concept of the undertaking as an autonomous European concept: the theory of the economic unit. 3. The unsanctioned subsidiary and the requirements […]

4 October, 2021

Geoblocking and discrimination on grounds of nationality in EU Law under Regulation 2018/302. Prof. Dr. Juan Ignacio Ruiz Peris (UVEG).

Geoblocking and discrimination on grounds of nationality in EU Law under Regulation 2018/302. Prof. Dr. Juan Ignacio Ruiz Peris (UVEG). Proyecto de Investigación RTI2018-098295-B-I00 «Restricción, abuso […]

27 September, 2021

NATIONAL COURTS NEED TO BE CAREFUL! DE MINIMIS STATE AIDS SHOULD NOT BE UNLAWFUL.Chair Justice Dr. David Ordóñez Solís. Magistrado, miembro de la Red de Especialistas en Derecho de la Unión Europea y secretario ejecutivo de la Comisión Iberoamericana de Ética Judicial

De minimis rule as applied to State Aid in European Union Law has evolved from the concept of incompatibility of aids with the common market, the […]

20 September, 2021

NON BIS IN EUROPEAN COMPETITION LAW.(Guidelines for conceptual unification) by Justice Dr. Enrique Sanjuán. Magistrado especialista en mercantil CGPJ. Profesor Asociado de derecho mercantil UMA.

Abstract: The recent Opinions[1] presented by Advocate General Bobek in two cases being heard by the CJEU, motivate the need for a unification of the criteria […]

13 September, 2021

The General Court of the European Union and the right of access to documents of the institutions, bodies, agencies, or agencies of the European Union, by Mercedes Pedraz Calvo, Magistrada de la Sección 8ª de la Audiencia Nacional (Spain)

ABSTRACT In 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued, among others, two judgments on the right of access to documents of the […]

6 September, 2021

A note on the judicial estimation of the damage in actions for infringement of the rules of Competition Law when the quantification by experts attempted by the injured parties fails, by Purificación Martorell Zulueta, Magistrada de la Sección 9ª de la Audiencia Provincial de Valencia.

ABSTRACT One of the main problems faced by national courts when ruling on damages actions for infringement of European competition rules is the quantification of damages.The […]

2 August, 2021

Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 25 March 2021. Case C-152/19 P. Deutsche Telekom AG v European Commission. ECLI:EU:C:2021:238. Decisive influence and absence of decisional autonomy as grounds to impute parent liability. Prof. Dr. Juan Ignacio Ruiz Peris (UVEG)

Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 25 March 2021. Case C-152/19 P. Deutsche Telekom AG v European Commission. ECLI:EU:C:2021:238. Prof. Dr. Juan Ignacio Ruiz Peris […]