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bpost SA v Autorité belge de la concurrence (C-117/20)
Consideration of the questions referred
Justification for a possible limitatio…
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bpost SA v Autorité belge de la concurrence (C-117/20)

Judgment of 22 Mar 2022law://eu/cjeu/2020/c-117-20/para_40@2026-11-11

40A limitation of the fundamental right guaranteed by Article 50 of the Charter may be justified on the basis of Article 52(1) thereof (judgments of 27 May 2014, Spasic, C‑129/14 PPU, EU:C:2014:586, paragraphs 55 and 56, and of 20 March 2018, Menci, C‑524/15, EU:C:2018:197, paragraph 40).

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

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Court: Court of Justice · Grand Chamber
Case: C-117/20 · ECLI:EU:C:2022:202
Decided: 22 Mar 2022
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the cour d’appel de Bruxelles (Court of Appeal, Brussels, Belgium)
Applicant: bpost SA
Defendant: Autorité belge de la concurrence
Interveners: Publimail SA; European Commission
Rapporteur: K. Jürimäe
Advocate General: M. Bobek
Bench: 13 judges
K. Lenaerts, L. Bay Larsen, A. Arabadjiev, K. Jürimäe, C. Lycourgos, E. Regan, N. Jääskinen, I. Ziemele, J. Passer, M. Ilešič, T. von Danwitz, A. Kumin, N. Wahl
Language: French
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62020CJ0117

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Interprets 1: Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (consolidated 2016)2 provisions
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Cites 15: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016); Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (consolidated 2016)3 provisions; Vincenzo Manfredi v Lloyd Adriatico Assicurazioni SpA, Antonio Cannito v Fondiaria Sai SpA and Nicolò Tricarico and Pasqualina Murgolo v Assitalia SpA (C-295/04, C-296/04, C-297/04, C-298/04); Garlsson Real Estate SA and Others v Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (Consob) (C-537/16); Enzo Di Puma v Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (Consob) and Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (Consob) v Antonio Zecca (C-596/16, C-597/16); Łukasz Marcin Bonda (C-489/10); Limburgse Vinyl Maatschappij NV (LVM), DSM NV and DSM Kunststoffen BV, Montedison SpA, Elf Atochem SA, Degussa AG, Enichem SpA, Wacker-Chemie GmbH and Hoechst AG and Imperial Chemical Industries plc (ICI) v Commission of the European Communities (C-238/99 P, C-244/99 P, C-245/99 P, C-247/99 P, C-250/99 P, C-251/99 P, C-252/99 P, C-254/99 P); Criminal proceedings against Luca Menci (C-524/15)2 provisions; bpost SA v Autorité belge de la concurrence (C-117/20); Directive 97/67/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 December 1997 on common rules for the development of the internal market of Community postal services and the improvement of quality of service; Konkurrensverket v TeliaSonera Sverige AB (C-52/09); M (C-398/12); Zoran Spasic (C-129/14 PPU); Toshiba Corporation and Others v Úřad pro ochranu hospodářské soutěže (C-17/10); bpost SA v Institut belge des services postaux et des télécommunications (IBPT) (C-340/13)