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Cogeco Communications Inc v Sport TV Portugal SA and Others (C-637/17)
Consideration of the questions referred
The second question and the first part…
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Cogeco Communications Inc v Sport TV Portugal SA and Others (C-637/17)

Judgment of 28 Mar 2019law://eu/cjeu/2017/c-637-17/para_50@2026-11-11

50It is indispensable, in order for the injured party to be able to bring an action for damages, for it to know who is liable for the infringement of competition law.

Source: EUR-Lex, © European Union, 1998-2026. Reuse authorised under Decision 2011/833/EU.

Key facts

Court: Court of Justice · Second Chamber
Case: C-637/17 · ECLI:EU:C:2019:263
Decided: 28 Mar 2019
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Tribunal Judicial da Comarca de Lisboa (District Court, Lisbon, Portugal)
Applicant: Cogeco Communications Inc.
Defendants: Sport TV Portugal SA; Controlinveste-SGPS SA; NOS-SGPS SA
Rapporteur: A. Arabadjiev
Advocate General: J. Kokott
Bench: 5 judges
A. Arabadjiev, T. von Danwitz, E. Levits, C. Vajda, P.G. Xuereb
Language: Portuguese
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62017CJ0637

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Approximation of laws Competition

History · 1 version

28 Mar 2019Reading

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Interprets 2: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)2 provisions; Directive 2014/104/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 November 2014 on certain rules governing actions for damages under national law for infringements of the competition law provisions of the Member States and of the European Union Text with EEA relevance
Cited by 12: Consiliul Concurenţei v Whiteland Import Export SRL (C-308/19); AB Volvo and DAF Trucks NV v RM (C-267/20)2 provisions; ASG 2 Ausgleichsgesellschaft für die Sägeindustrie Nordrhein-Westfalen GmbH v Land Nordrhein-Westfalen (C-253/23); Wenzel Logistics GmbH v Mercedes-Benz Group AG (C-191/25); Heureka Group a.s. v Google LLC (C-605/21); ZA and Others v Repsol Comercial de Productos Petrolíferos SA (C-25/21); RegioJet a. s. v České dráhy a.s. and (C-57/21); DB Station & Service AG v ODEG Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn GmbH (C-721/20); D. Z. v Blue Air - Airline Management Solutions SRL (C-584/18); WN v Land Niedersachsen (C-710/18); Prenatal S.A. v Tribunal Económico Administrativo Regional de Cataluña (TEARC) (C-589/17); Federal Express Corporation Deutsche Niederlassung v Hauptzollamt Frankfurt am Main (C-26/18)
Cites 6: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)4 provisions; Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 of 16 December 2002 on the implementation of the rules on competition laid down in Articles 81 and 82 of the Treaty (Text with EEA relevance); Congregación de Escuelas Pías Provincia Betania v Ayuntamiento de Getafe (C-74/16); Directive 2014/104/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 November 2014 on certain rules governing actions for damages under national law for infringements of the competition law provisions of the Member States and of the European Union Text with EEA relevance; Kone AG and Others v ÖBB-Infrastruktur AG (C-557/12); José Luís Núñez Torreiro v AIG Europe Limited, Sucursal en España and Unión Española de Entidades Aseguradoras y Reaseguradoras (Unespa) (C-334/16)