Judgment_paragraph 50 · Servizio Elettrico Nazionale SpA and Others v Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato and Others (C-377/20)

50As a preliminary matter, the Court observes that, regarding exclusionary practices, a category to which the conduct complained of in the disputes in the main proceedings belongs, it is apparent from the Court’s case-law that, if such conduct is to be characterised as abusive, that presupposes that that conduct was capable of restricting competition and, in particular, of producing the alleged exclusionary effects (judgment of 30 January 2020, Generics (UK) and Others, C‑307/18, EU:C:2020:52, paragraph 154 and the case-law cited).