ContentsIntroduction to Preliminary Rulings in EU Antitrust Law 1Anna Vernet, Konstantina Strouvali, Virgilio Pereira and Niklas BrüggemannPART I PRELIMINARY RULINGS IN CONTEXT1 The preliminary reference procedure 7Joseph H.H. Weiler and Daniel Sarmiento2 The perspective from a judge of the Court of Justice 21Nils Wahl and Leila Rezki3 The perspective from an Advocate General 44Athanasios Rantos, Alfredos Theodorakopoulos and Andreas Scordamaglia-Tousis4 The perspective from a national judge: Insights from the Spanish experience in the Trucks Cartellitigation 62Ignacio Sancho and Gustavo Martín5 The perspective from the European Commission''s Legal Service 75Fernando Castillo de la Torre6 The perspective from an attorney 88Machteld de Monchy-Jansen, Marieke Bredenoord-Spoek and Irina Popov7 The perspective from a national competition authority 108Nuno Cunha RodriguesPART II CASE COMMENTARIESSection A(i) Article 101 TFEU: Horizontal Agreements8 C-238/05 - Asnef-Equifax 127Annemarie ter Heegde9 C-209/07 - BIDS 138Pascal Berghe10 C-8/08 - T-Mobile 146Annemarie ter Heegde11 C-413/13 - FNV Kunsten 157Ion Rogalski12 C-542/14 - VM Remonts 169Annemarie ter Heegde13 C-228/18 - Budapest Bank 177Pascal Berghe14 C307/18 - Generics (UK) 186Pinelopi Stamou15 C-128/21 - Lithuanian Notaries 203Ion Rogalski16 C-331/21 - EDP 214Pedro Caro de SousaSection A(ii) Article 101 TFEU: Vertical Agreements17 C-217/05 - CEES 225Kassiani Christodoulou18 C-403/08 and C-429/08 - Football Association Premier League 235Kassiani Christodoulou19 C-439/09 - Pierre Fabre 245Fabian Kaiser20 C-230/16 - Coty 253Fabian Kaiser21 C-211/22 - Super Bock 262Pedro Caro de SousaSection B(i) Article 102 TFEU: Exclusionary Abuses (Pricing Abuses)22 C-52/09 - TeliaSonera 272Johannes Holzwarth23 C-209/10 - Post Danmark I 283Nicholas Khan KC24 C-23/14 - Post Danmark II 293Nicholas Khan KCSection B(ii) Article 102 TFEU: Exclusionary Abuses (Non-Pricing Abuses)25 Joined Cases C468/06 to C478/06 - Sot. Lélos 302Pinelopi Stamou26 C-170/13 - Huawei 314Gunnar Wolf and Luca Manigrassi27 C-377/20 - SEN 326Cristina Sjödin28 C-680/20 - Unilever 338Cristina Sjödin29 C-333/21 - Superleague 349Gero Meessen30 C-233/23 - Android Auto 361Gian Luca PastugliaSection B(iii) Article 102 TFEU: Exploitative Abuses31 C-52/07 - Kanal 5 372Kassiani Christodoulou32 C-525/16 - Meo 380Luca Manigrassi33 C-177/16 - AKKA/LAA 391Pinelopi Stamou34 C-252/21 - Meta 402Gero MeessenSection C Procedural and Institutional Matters35 C-375/09 - Tele2 Polska 413Xandra Reintjes36 C-226/11 - Expedia 422Jeroen Capiau37 C-681/11 - Schenker 431Jeroen Capiau38 C-428/14 - DHL 442Jeroen Capiau39 C-547/16 - Gasorba 451Xandra Reintjes40 C-857/19 - Slovak Telekom 459Martin Farley41 C-117/20 - bpost 468Freya van Schaik42 C-151/20 - Nordzucker 478Freya van Schaik43 C-721/20 - DB Station 488Zsuzsa Cserhalmi44 C449/21 - Towercast 499Damien Gerard and Elisabeth Marescaux45 C-511/23 - Caronte 508Gian Luca PastugliaSection D(i) Private Enforcement: Compensation46 C-295/04 to C-298/04 - Manfredi 519Clio Zois47 C-557/12 - Kone 527Johannes Holzwarth48 C-435/18 - Otis 537Clio Zois49 C-253/23 - ASG 2 544Johannes PerschSection D(ii) Private Enforcement: Disclosure50 C-536/11 - Donau Chemie 554Henry Abbott51 C-163/21 - PACCAR 563Barbara Ernst52 C-57/21 - RegioJet 569Barbara ErnstSection D(iii) Private Enforcement: Imputability53 C-352/13 - CDC 582Johannes Persch54 C-724/17 - Skanska 591Elias Deutscher55 C-882/19 - Sumal 602Elias Deutscher56 C-267/20 - Volvo and DAF 616Henry Abbott57 C-312/21 - Tráficos Manuel Ferrer 627Johannes PerschPART III THE EVOLUTION OF EU ANTITRUST LAW THROUGH PRELIMINARY RULINGS58 The preliminary ruling procedure and antitrust law in the EU''s multilevel enforcement system 635Anna Vernet, Konstantina Strouvali, Virgilio Pereira and Niklas Brüggemann59 From central command to networked enforcement 648Anna Vernet, Konstantina Strouvali, Virgilio Pereira and Niklas Brüggemann60 The development of EU antitrust law through preliminary rulings under the decentralised enforcement system of Regulation No. 1/2003 657Anna Vernet, Konstantina Strouvali, Virgilio Pereira and Niklas Brüggemann61 Concluding remarks and outlook 699Anna Vernet, Konstantina Strouvali, Virgilio Pereira and Niklas Brüggemann.
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