CELEX:62021CJ0163: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 10 November 2022.#AD v PACCAR Inc and Others.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado Mercantil de Barcelona.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Competition – Compensation for harm caused by a practice prohibited under Article 101(1) TFEU – Collusive arrangements on pricing and gross price increases for trucks in the European Economic Area (EEA) – Directive 2014/104/EU – Rules governing actions for damages under national law for infringements of the competition law provisions of the Member States and of the European Union – Article 22(2) – Applicability ratione temporis – First subparagraph of Article 5(1) – Concept of relevant evidence which lies in the control of the defendant or a third party – Article 5(2) – Disclosure of specified items of evidence or relevant categories of evidence on the basis of reasonably available facts – Article 5(3) – Review of the proportionality of the request to disclose evidence – Balancing the legitimate interests of the parties and third parties – Scope of the obligations resulting from those provisions.#Case C-163/21.
November 14, 2022
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