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Consiliul Concurenţei v Whiteland Import Export SRL (C-308/19)
Consideration of the questions referred
The second question
51

Consiliul Concurenţei v Whiteland Import Export SRL (C-308/19)

Judgment of 21 Jan 2021law://eu/cjeu/2019/c-308-19/para_51@2026-11-12

51Account must also be taken of the specific features of competition law cases and in particular of the fact that those cases require, in principle, a complex factual and economic analysis (see, by analogy, judgment of 28 March 2019, Cogeco Communications, C‑637/17, EU:C:2019:263, paragraph 46).

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

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Court: Court of Justice · Second Chamber
Case: C-308/19 · ECLI:EU:C:2021:47
Decided: 21 Jan 2021
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Înalta Curte de Casaţie şi Justiţie (High Court of Cassation and Justice, Romania)
Applicant: Consiliul Concurenţei
Defendant: Whiteland Import Export SRL
Rapporteur: A. Arabadjiev
Advocate General: G. Pitruzzella
Bench: 5 judges
A. Arabadjiev, K. Lenaerts, A. Kumin, T. von Danwitz, P.G. Xuereb
Language: Romanian
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62019CJ0308

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Interprets 1: Commission Directive 2003/1/EC of 6 January 2003 adapting to technical progress Annex II to Council Directive 76/768/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to cosmetic products (Text with EEA relevance)
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Cites 19: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)4 provisions; Treaty on European Union (consolidated 2016); 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); A. K. and Others v Sąd Najwyższy, CP v Sąd Najwyższy and DO v Sąd Najwyższy (C-585/18, C-624/18, C-625/18); Marleasing SA v La Comercial Internacional de Alimentacion SA (C-106/89); Winner Wetten GmbH v Bürgermeisterin der Stadt Bergheim (C-409/06); FMS and Others v Országos Idegenrendészeti Főigazgatóság Dél-alföldi Regionális Igazgatóság and Országos Idegenrendészeti Főigazgatóság (C-924/19 PPU, C-925/19 PPU); Criminal proceedings against Nikolay Kolev and Others (C-612/15); Vlaamse federatie van verenigingen van Brood- en Banketbakkers, Ijsbereiders en Chocoladebewerkers (VEBIC) VZW (C-439/08); Pfleiderer AG v Bundeskartellamt (C-360/09); Cogeco Communications Inc v Sport TV Portugal SA and Others (C-637/17)2 provisions; Criminal proceedings against Ognyanov (C-554/14); ThyssenKrupp Nirosta GmbH v European Commission (C-352/09 P); David Smith v Patrick Meade and Others (C-122/17); ITC Innovative Technology Center GmbH v Bundesagentur für Arbeit (C-208/05); Stadt Wiener Neustadt v Niederösterreichische Landesregierung (C-348/15); Joachim Pöpperl v Land Nordrhein-Westfalen (C-187/15); Criminal proceedings against José António Batista Morais (C-60/91); Criminal proceedings against Petar Dzivev and Others (C-310/16)