“UMBRELLA EFFECTS” AND PRIVATE ANTITRUST ENFORCEMENT

Publisher： Cambridge University Press

E-ISSN： 1469-2139|73|3|510-513

ISSN： 0008-1973

Source： Cambridge Law Journal, Vol.73, Iss.3, 2014-12, pp. : 510-513

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Abstract

UMBRELLA effects arise where anti-competitive conduct by one or more market actors results in general price rises across the sector concerned. The Court of Justice of the European Union has, with its preliminary ruling in Case C-557/12, Kone and others v OBB-Infrastruktur AG, Judgment of 5 June 2014, EU:C:2014:1317, now addressed the potential legal implications of such umbrella effects. In confirming that the right to compensation stemming from breach of EU competition law extends to umbrella claims as a matter of principle, the Court of Justice has offered its most expansive, and arguably most emphatic, interpretation of the scope and importance of private antitrust enforcement to date.

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