(Un)changeable application of national and EU competition law – about the 
relationship between national and EU antitrust regimes. Case comment to the judgement of the Court of the EU of 30 September 2016 in case T-70/15 Trajektna luka Split d.d.v th Cover Image

(Nie)zamienne stosowanie krajowego i unijnego prawa konkurencji – o relacji między krajowym i unijnym reżimem antymonopolowym. Glosa do wyroku Sądu UE z 30 września 2016 r. w sprawie T-70/15 Trajektna luka Split d.d. przeciwko Komisji
(Un)changeable application of national and EU competition law – about the relationship between national and EU antitrust regimes. Case comment to the judgement of the Court of the EU of 30 September 2016 in case T-70/15 Trajektna luka Split d.d.v th

Author(s): Kamil Dobosz
Subject(s): Economy, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Business Economy / Management, Law on Economics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Wydziału Zarządzania Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: competition law of the European Union; national competition law; the best placement of a case; spontaneous harmonization; General Court’s role

Summary/Abstract: The article delves into the judgement of the General Court in the Trajektna case. The essential problem therein concerns a possibility to declare an assessment of market behaviour under national competition law as tantamount to an assessment under EU antitrust law. The very issue in this context is that domestic rules are equivalent to those in the Treaty. Nonetheless, such an approach may raise doubts since merely literal correlation does not suffice to render both legal bases exchangeable. Another relevant aspect is leaving a space to manoeuvre for national courts to act when the proceedings are carried out before them. This is indeed legitimate through the lens of the principle of loyalty with regard to the cooperation between national courts and the European Commission.

  • Issue Year: 7/2018
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 106-118
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish