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This report provides a detailed description and analysis of the competition law enforcement system in Spain as it stands.

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  1. 1.

    About private enforcement in Spain see F. Marcos, Transposition of the Antitrust Damages Directive into Spanish Law, IE Law School Working Paper AJ8-241-I, 2018.

  2. 2.

    Spanish Supreme Court, 29 January 2015, S 2872/2015, BCN Aduanas y Transportes SA. More specifically, the Supreme Court stated that the calculation method for fines established by the Communication ‘implies in most cases the establishment of an upward bias in the amount of the fine, which is contrary to the principle of proportionality, and the subsequent application of the 10% of the turnover as a mere way of correction’. The interpretation of Article 63 (1) LDC then followed by the National Competition Commission was incompatible with Spanish administrative law and, in particular, with the principle that penalties must have a proper legal basis, which requires the ‘legal predetermination of the upper and lower limits of fines’.

  3. 3.

    Act 1/2002, of February 21, on the Coordination of Competences of the State and the Autonomous Communities in matters of Defense of Competition, Official Gazette 2002, 46, 7148.

  4. 4.

    CNMC, Activity report 2016.

  5. 5.

    CNMC, Activity report 2017.

  6. 6.

    Law 15/2007, of July 3, on the Defense of Competition, Official Gazette 2007, 159, 28848.

  7. 7.

    See for instance, CNMC, S/DC/0565/15 - Tenders for informatic services of July 26, 2018.

  8. 8.

    Royal Decree 261/2008, of February 22, which approves the Regulation for the Defense of Competition, Official Gazette 2008, 50, 11575.

  9. 9.

    See for instance, CNMC, S/DC/0562/15 - LV/MV Cables, November 21, 2017.

  10. 10.

    See, in this regard, CNMC, S/DC/0562/15 - LV/MV Cables, November 21, 2017.

  11. 11.

    See hereto, CNMC, S/DC/0578/16 - Messaging and business parcels, March 8, 2018.

  12. 12.

    See for instance, CNMC, S/DC/0562/15 - LV/MV Cables, November 21, 2017.

  13. 13.

    CNMC, S/DC/0565/15 - Tenders for informatic services of July 26, 2018.

  14. 14.

    J. Costas, La imposición de multas por conductas anticompetitivas en España, in: A. Robles Martín Laborda, La lucha contra las restricciones de la competencia: sanciones y remedios en el ordenamiento español, 2017, pp. 11–79.

  15. 15.

    CNMC, S/DC/0578/16 - Courier and business parcel, March 8, 2018.

  16. 16.

    CNMC, SAMAD/07/2015 - Alcalá de Henares Driving Schools, December 15, 2016.

  17. 17.

    CNMC, S/0471/13 - Audi/Seat/VW dealers, May 28, 2015.

  18. 18.

    CNMC, S/DC/0504/14-AIO, May 26, 2016.

  19. 19.

    CNMC S/0429/12- Residues, of January 8, 2015.

  20. 20.

    CNMC, S/0425/12- Dairy industries 2, of February 26, 2015.

  21. 21.

    CNMC, S/DC/0511/14 - Renfe operator, February 28, 2017.

  22. 22.

    CNMC, S/DC/0511/14 - Renfe operator, February 28, 2017.

  23. 23.

    CNMC, S/0555/15 Prosegur-Loomis, of November 10, 2016.

  24. 24.

    CNMC, S/DC/0504/14-AIO, May 26, 2016.

  25. 25.

    CNMC, S/0425/12- Dairy industries 2, of February 26, 2015.

  26. 26.

    CNMC, S/0471/13 - Audi/Seat/VW dealers, May 28, 2015.

  27. 27.

    CNMC, S/DC/0584/16 - Media agencies, May 3, 2018.

  28. 28.

    CNMC, S/DC/0584/16 - Media agencies, May 3, 2018.

  29. 29.

    CNMC, S/0555/15 - Prosegur-Loomis, of November 10, 2016.

  30. 30.

    CNMC, S/DC/0584/16 - Media agencies, May 3, 2018.

  31. 31.

    CNMC, S/0555/15 - Prosegur-Loomis, of November 10, 2016.

  32. 32.

    See, in this regard, the Judgment of the High Court of 28 July 2017, case 7/2015.

  33. 33.

    CNMC, S/DC/0504/14-AIO, May 26, 2016 FD 5.

  34. 34.

    CNC, January 21, 2010, S/0084/08 Gel Manufacturers; July 28, 2010, S/0091/08, Sherry wines of Jerez; July 31, 2010, S/0120/08 Freight Forwarders and June 24, 2011, S/0185/09, Fluid Pumps, S/0428/12 Palés, CNMC, September 22, 2014 S/0453/12, Railway bearings December 4, 2014.

  35. 35.

    CNMC, S/DC/0504/14-AIO, of May 26, 2016, p. 121.

  36. 36.

    Organic Law 10/1995 of 23 November concerning the Criminal Code, Official Gazette 1995, 281, 33987.

  37. 37.

    CNMC, S/0519/14 - Railway infrastructures, June 30, 2016 and S/DC/0584/16 - Media agencies, May 3, 2018.

  38. 38.

    See for instance CNMC, S/DC/0578/16 - Courier and business parcels, March 8, 2018.

  39. 39.

    Decision of the Supreme Court (Criminal Chamber, Section 1), number 1141/2016 of 30 June) in which the Supreme Court concludes that a cartel sanctioned by the CNMC are not constituting the offense of Article 262 of the Criminal Code.

  40. 40.

    Spanish Supreme Court, 29 January 2015, S 2872/2015, BCN Aduanas y Transportes SA.

  41. 41.

    J. Costas, La imposición de multas por conductas anticompetitivas en España, in A. Robles Martín Laborda, La lucha contra las restricciones de la competencia: sanciones y remedios en el ordenamiento español, 2017, pp. 11–79.

  42. 42.

    See, inter alia, Judgements of the High Court of 26 July 2018, appeal n. 740/2017, of 26 July 2018, appeal n. 66/2016, of 13 July 2018, appeal n. 119/2016, of 10 July 2018, appeal n. 348/2017; see CJEU, case C-194/14 P, AC-Treuhand AG v European Commission, ECLI:EU:C:2015:717.

  43. 43.

    CNMC, S/DC/0557/15 - Nokia, June 8, 2017, FD 5, p. 87.

  44. 44.

    CNMC, S/DC/0544/14 - International removals September 6, 2016.

  45. 45.

    CNMC, S/0455/12 – GEA and author’s rights management systems, May 12, 2016 (p. 85) and, S/0444/12 - GEA, June 12, 2014.

  46. 46.

    See hereto, C. Herrero Suarez, The implementation of the antitrust damages directive. Some thoughts in the wake of the publication of the proposal for an implementation law, in Cuadernos de Derecho Transnacional, 2016, pp. 150–183 and La nulidad de las conductas anticompetitivas In, A. Robles Martín Laborda, La lucha contra las restricciones de la competencia: sanciones y remedios en el ordenamiento español, 2017, pp. 223–268.

  47. 47.

    About private enforcement in Spain see F. Marcos, Transposition of the Antitrust Damages Directive into Spanish Law, IE Law School Working Paper AJ8-241-I, 2018.

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  1. Basque Government, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain

    Amaya Angulo Garzaro

  2. Callol, Coca & Asociados SLP, Madrid, Spain

    Manuel Cañadas Bouwen

  3. 3C COMPLIANCE, Bilbao, Spain

    Julia Suderow

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  3. Kobel Avocat Attorney-at-law, Geneva, Switzerland

    Pierre Kobel

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Angulo Garzaro, A., Bouwen, M.C., Suderow, J. (2019). Spain. In: Këllezi, P., Kilpatrick, B., Kobel, P. (eds) Liability for Antitrust Law Infringements & Protection of IP Rights in Distribution. LIDC Contributions on Antitrust Law, Intellectual Property and Unfair Competition. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17550-4_9

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