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Published on: 11 July 2024

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Antitrust Court of Justice Service proposes that legal documents in damages action should not be served to Volvo’s Spanish subsidy

The Court of Justice has delivered its judgment in Case C‑632/22 Volvo, following a Spanish reference that sought, amongst other matters, guidance on the effectiveness of serving legal documents in a damages claim linked to the trucks cartel. The referring court asked in particular whether Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, read together with Article 101 TFEU, should be understood as preventing service on a parent company, whose registered office is in another Member State (ie Sweden), by delivering documents at the business premises of that company’s subsidiary (Spain). By way of context, Transsaqui SL bought two Volvo trucks in 2008. In July 2016, the Commission adopted a decision concluding that MAN, Volvo/Renault, Daimler, Iveco and DAF had infringed Article 101 TFEU by taking part in a pricing cartel concerning trucks. On 12 July 2018, Transsaqui commenced proceedings against Volvo before the Commercial Court of Valencia, seeking compensation for loss said to have been caused by the trucks cartel...

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