Last week, the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) ruled that the General Court of the European Union (GCEU) had been wrong when deciding that the European Commission’s requests for information sent to eight cement manufacturers during the course of a cartel investigation were adequately reasoned (see judgments in casesC-247/14 P, HeidelbergCement v Commission, C-248/14 P, Schwenk Zement v Commission, C-267/14 P, Buzzi Unicem v Commission and C-268/14 P, Italmobiliare v Commission).
The European Court of Justice Rules against Overreaching Requests for Information by the European Commission
By Louise Aberg and McDermott Will & Emery on March 14, 2016
Posted In Cartel Enforcement, EC Developments
