Case-law; EU Competition law; jurisprudence; procedural autonomy; regulation 1/2003; national competition authorities; droit européen de la concurrence; Règlement 1/2003; autorités nationales de concurrence
Abstract :
[en] In VEBIC, the Court of Justice of the EU clarifies the prerogatives of National Competition Authorities under Regulation 1/2003 and paves the way towards regulatory reform in Belgium
Disciplines :
Economic & commercial law European & international law
Author, co-author :
Petit, Nicolas ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de droit > Droit européen de la concurrence
Language :
English
Title :
The Judgement of the European Court of Justice in VEBIC: Filling a Gap in Regulation 1/2003
Alternative titles :
Le jugement de la Cour de Justice de l'Union européenne dans l'affaire VEBIC: le comblement d'une lacune du Règlement 1/2003
ECJ, C-439/08, VEBIC, 7 December 2010, not yet reported.
See F. Rizzutto, 'Competition law enforcement in Belgium: The system remains flawed and uncertain despite recent reform', (2008) 29, 6 European Competition Law Review 367.
See Exposé des motifs, Doc. Parl., Chambre, 2005-2006, no. 2180/1, p. 69.
See Bernard van de Walle de Ghelcke, Arrest van het Hof van Justitie van 7 December 2010 in de zaak C-439/08 VEBIC, Annotatie, Tijdschrift voor Belgische Mededinging, forthcoming.
This assumption is arguably based on the legal principle that 'acts of the Community institutions are in principle presumed to be lawful and accordingly produce legal effects, even if they are tainted by irregularities, until such time as they are annulled or withdrawn'. ECJ, C-137/92 P, Commission v BASF and others, [1994] ECR I-2555.
See on this concept, Michael J. Trebilcock and Edward M. Iacobucci, 'Designing Competition Law Institutions: Values, Structure, and Mandate' (2010) 41 Loyola University Chicago Law Journal 455.
