The Brussels Court judgement in Commission v Elevators manufacturers, or the story of how the Commission lost an action for damages based on its own infringement decision.
[en] With the proceedings before the Brussels Court, the Commission emphasized its growing need to promote claims for damages for infringements of EU Competition law. Ahead of the implementation of the Damages Directive, and with its own infringement decision in hand, this claim seemed to be an easy exercise for the Commission to recoup the allegedly surplus paid for the maintenance contracts.
Research Center/Unit :
LCII - Liège Competition and Innovation Institute - ULiège
Precision for document type :
Analysis of case law/Statutory reports
Disciplines :
European & international law
Author, co-author :
Marcos Ramos, Jorge ; Université de Liège > HEC-Ecole de gestion : UER > Economie industrielle
Muheme, Daniel ; Université de Liège > Département de droit > Droit européen de la concurrence
Language :
English
Title :
The Brussels Court judgement in Commission v Elevators manufacturers, or the story of how the Commission lost an action for damages based on its own infringement decision.
