The effects of "price umbrella". Comments on the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union of 5 June 2014 in C-557/12 Kone AG and others

Authors

Robert Stefanicki, Prof. dr hab., Zakład Prawa Gospodarczego i Handlowego, Instytut Prawa Cywilnego Wydziału Prawa, Administracji i Ekonomii Wydziału Prawa Uniwersytetu WrocławskiegoFollow

Keywords

private enforcement, action for damages, the effects of price umbrella, adequate causal link, the effectiveness principle

Abstract

: EU competition law is implemented by public and private law measures for the protection of individual victims of practices contrary to the law. With immediate effect the prohibitions laid down in the Treaty flows that any person may request compensation for harm suffered where there is a causal link between the damage and the violation of the law. EU case-law uses a broad definition of entities authorized because it points to "any entity". The title judgment reinforces this construction providing that civil law liability for cartel damages may also include the so-called the effects of „price umbrella”

Recommended Citation

Stefanicki, R. (2014). The effects of "price umbrella". Comments on the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union of 5 June 2014 in C-557/12 Kone AG and others. internetowy Kwartalnik Antymonopolowy i Regulacyjny (internet Quarterly on Antitrust and Regulation), 3(9), 90-99. Retrieved from https://press.wz.uw.edu.pl/ikar/vol3/iss9/6

First Page

90

Last Page

99

Page Count

9

Publisher

University of Warsaw