Non-contractual liability of the European Community in competition matters: The aftermath of the CFI judgment of 11 July 2007 in Case T-351/03, Schneider v. Commission

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Aitor Montesa Lloreda, Feb 05, 2008

The recent European Court of First Instance (CFI) judgment of July 11, 2007 in Case T-351/03, Schneider v. Commission, is the first EC judgment to grant a company damages for the losses it had suffered as a result of an illegal Commission decision prohibiting a merger. The judgment has been drafted as if it were just applying previous jurisprudence in liability matters. However, it is anything bu