Competition Litigation 2019

1 General

1.1 Please identify the scope of claims that may be brought in your jurisdiction for breach of competition law.

For the purposes of this discussion, we will refer to claims that can be brought before the General Court and the Court of Justice of the European Union (hereafter the "European Court of Justice") (together the "European Courts") or the national courts of the European Union (hereafter "EU") Member States in general. The scope of claims that may be brought before the national courts of the EU Member States for breach of EU competition law (i.e., violation of Articles 101 and/or 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (hereafter "TFEU")) includes: (i) actions for a declaration of nullity of contractual arrangements that are contrary to EU competition law; (ii) interim measures (including cease and desist orders in relation to conduct violating EU competition law); and (iii) actions for damages.