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Publication - Annual Report 2021
30 oktober 2022
The annual report of Stichting Truck Claim for 2021 is published.
Annual Report 2021
General Court of the European Union: 'PRESS RELEASE No 20/22'
22 februari 2022
The General Court dismisses Scania’s action and maintains the fine of €880.52 million imposed by the Commission for Scania’s participation in a cartel between truck manufacturers The General Court provides clarification on, first, the legality of a ‘hybrid’ procedure combining the settlement procedure and the standard administrative procedure in cartel matters and, second, the concept of a ‘single and continuous infringement
General Court of the European Union.
Reuters: 'Scania loses challenge to 880 mln euro EU cartel fine'
2 februari 2022
BRUSSELS, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Truckmaker Scania has lost its legal battle to overturn an 880.5 million euro ($992.5 million) fine imposed by European Union antitrust regulators for participation in a cartel.
Reuters
Bloomberg: 'VW’s Scania Loses Fight Over $994 Million EU Antitrust Fine'
2 februari 2022
Volkswagen AG’s Scania unit lost its fight against a 880.5 million-euro ($994 million) fine from European Union regulators for fixing truck prices.
Bloomberg
Jdsupra: 'Trucks Cartel: Within Four Months, the CJEU Provides Enlightening Procedural Clarifications on Follow-On Actions Through Two Preliminary Rulings'
27 oktober 2021
Following record fines imposed by the European Commission on the main European truck manufacturers, under preliminary references, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has recently ruled on certain procedural issues relating to the actions for damages brought before national courts by the victims of the trucks cartel.
JDSUPRA
Publication - Annual Report 2020
12 oktober 2021
The annual report of Stichting Truck Claim is published.
Annual Report 2020
Kluwer Law: 'Dutch court establishes the liability of the cartelists in first step towards the award of damages for loss caused by the Trucks Cartel'
7 mei 2021
In this latest instalment of the Trucks Cartel saga, the Amsterdam District Court (“District Court”) refutes the cartelists’ arguments by ruling that the issue of the award of damages is still on the table. The liability of the cartelist is thereby established. This is the first step in the actual award of damages. The next step is for the claimants to substantiate their claim. It is up to the individual claimants to plausibly prove the existence of a causal link between the unlawful act and the loss suffered.
Publication - Annual Report 2019
28 februari 2020
The annual report of Stichting Truck Claim for 2019 is published.
Annual Report 2019
Publication - Annual Report 2018
21 november 2019
The annual report of Stichting Truck Claim for 2018 is published.
Annual Report 2018.