Case: ECJ – Manfredi v Lloyd Adriatico
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Giorgio Afferni
Abstract
I. Introduction
The Manfredi judgment of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) deals with the issue of damages for infringements of EC antitrust law. More specifically, it deals with claims for damages brought by consumers against firms that took part in horizontal agreements in restraint of competition. The case at hand of the ECJ is among the many that followed the decision of the Autorità Garante per la Concorrenza ed il Mercato (AGCM), which condemned insurance companies for exchanging information on the Italian market of liability insurance for automobile accidents. The ECJ addresses many aspects of the issue of damages, such as the applicability of EC antitrust law, standing, the availability of punitive damages, the level of compensatory damages, and the prescription/limitation of claims.
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