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Cartelist truckmakers sued in Spain see EU court clarify dispute on time limits, presumption of harm

By Tono Gil and Nicholas Hirst
  • 22 Jun 2022 13:51
  • 22 Jun 2022 13:51
Volvo, DAF and other truckmakers have seen the EU Court of Justice clarify that the presumption of harm established in the EU Damages Directive cannot be applied in lawsuits that relate to conduct predating the law's entry into force.
But judges have also ruled that the relaxation of the standard of

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Tono Gil

Regulatory Reporter


Tono is a competition reporter for MLex in Brussels. Prior to joining MLex, he worked as a trainee in the European Parliament and as a correspondent in Valencia and Buenos Aires for the Spanish news agency EFE. Tono holds a degree in Journalism from the University of Valencia and a master in Transmedia Journalism.

Nicholas Hirst

Chief Correspondent


Nicholas covers EU merger review and antitrust investigations for Mlex in Brussels. He previously wrote about EU affairs for Politico Europe, European Voice and PaRR. After earning an LLM in European law from the College of Europe in Bruges, he spent a year working in the competition practice of a leading competition law firm in Brussels 2009-10. He graduated in modern European languages from Oxford University in 2006.

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