Now the Commission Wants Compensation Too The Commission as Private Damages Claimant and Its Implications

Ruchit Patel, Paul Stuart, Jul 15, 2013

In February 2007, the European Commission (the “Commission”) adopted an infringement decision finding that a number of manufacturers of lifts and escalators had engaged in cartel behavior contrary to Article 101 TFEU (the “Decision”). The Commission imposed fines totaling more than EUR 990 million. In June 2008, the Commission, on behalf of the European Union, brought an action in the Belgian Commercial Court seeking damages of aro