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Order of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 28 October 2020

Order of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 28 October 2020

Data

Court
Court of Justice
Case date
28 oktober 2020

Verdict

Order of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 28 October 2020 – Repsol Comercial de Productos Petrolíferos

(Case C‑716/19)(*)

"(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Article 53(2) and Article 94 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice - Competition - Final decision of a national competition authority finding a practice restricting competition - Scope of the probative value of the facts examined and found - Lack of sufficient details concerning the factual and regulatory context of the main proceedings and the reasons justifying the need to reply to the questions referred for a preliminary ruling - Manifest inadmissibility)"

Questions referred for a preliminary rulingAdmissibilityNeed to provide the Court with sufficient information on the factual and legislative contextExtent of the obligation in the sphere of competitionInsufficient information regarding that contextManifest inadmissibility

(Art. 267 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 23, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 53(1)(c))

(see paras 13-29, 31, operative part)

Operative part

The request for a preliminary ruling made by Juzgado de lo Mercantil no 2 de Madrid (tribunal de commerce no 2 de Madrid, Espagne), by decision of 29 July 2019, is manifestly inadmissible.