Public enforcement versus private enforcement – commitment decision and claim for damages. Case comment to the judgement of the Court of Justice of 23 November 2017 in case C-547/16 Gasorba SL, Josefa Rico Gil, Antonio Ferrándiz González v Repsol Co Cover Image

Public enforcement versus private enforcement – decyzja zobowiązująca a powództwo odszkodowawcze. Glosa do wyroku TS z 23 listopada 2017 r. w sprawie C-547/16 Gasorba SL, Josefa Rico Gil, Antonio Ferrándiz González przeciwko Repsol Comercial de Produ
Public enforcement versus private enforcement – commitment decision and claim for damages. Case comment to the judgement of the Court of Justice of 23 November 2017 in case C-547/16 Gasorba SL, Josefa Rico Gil, Antonio Ferrándiz González v Repsol Co

Author(s): Kamil Dobosz
Subject(s): Economy, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Business Economy / Management, Law on Economics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Wydziału Zarządzania Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: commitment decision; private enforcement of competition law; public enforcement of competition law; action for damages; amicus curiae

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the Court of Justice judgement in the Gasorbacase. Answering the preliminary question, the ECJ authorizes therein a national court to reach a different conclusion with respect to the practice at hand than the assessment found in a European Commission commitment decision, which was solely preliminary. The ECJ states that such a decision should be treated as evidence prima facie by a national court. The judgement constitutes a seminal input to the discussion on the relationship between private and public enforcement. Implications stemming from it, as well as the opinion of the Advocate General delivered in the case, have been included and thoroughly analysed in the paper

  • Issue Year: 7/2018
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 75-87
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish