The Housekeeping of the Court of Justice: the ne bis in idem Principle and the Territorial Scope of NCA Decisions Case Comment to the Nordzucker Judgment of the Court of Justice of 22 March 2022, Case C-151/20

• Authors: Kamil Dobosz

Abstracts

FR

Le commentaire porte sur l’arrêt rendu récemment par la Cour de justice dans l’affaire Nordzucker. Cet arrêt est important non seulement en raison de la nouvelle approche du principe ne bis in idem en matière de droit de la concurrence (qui avait été établi pour la première fois dans l’arrêt bpost publié le même jour), mais aussi en raison de la clarification du terme “idem” en ce qui concerne les effets territoriaux de l’infraction sur les territoires de deux États membres. Ainsi, l’arrêt fournit une orientation pour l’application extraterritoriale du droit européen de la concurrence.

EN

The case commentary examines the recent ruling of the Court of Justice in the Nordzucker case. This judgment is important not only for the new approach to the ne bis in idem principle in competition law (which was first established in the Bpost case, issued the same day), but also for the clarification of the concept of “idem” with respect to the territorial effects of the infringement on the territories of two member states. The judgment thus provides guidance for the extraterritorial application of EU competition law.

Keywords

EN

EU competition law; ne bis in idem; National Competition Authorities; protection of the same legal interest

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Warszawski. Wydawnictwo Naukowe Wydziału Zarządzania
• Journal: Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies
• Year: 2022
• Volume: 15
• Issue: 26
• Pages: 157-174

Dates

published

2022

Contributors

author

Kamil Dobosz

• Cracow University of Economics

• https://orcid.org/0000000324386369

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Identifiers

DOI

10.7172/1689-9024.YARS.2022.15.26.7

Biblioteka Nauki

2159105