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Document 62019CO0716

    Order of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 28 October 2020.
    ZA and Others v Repsol Comercial de Productos Petrolíferos SA.
    Reference for a preliminary ruling – Article 53(2) and Article 94 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice – Competition – Final decision of a national competition authority finding a practice restricting competition – Scope of the probative value of the facts examined and found – Lack of sufficient details concerning the factual and regulatory context of the main proceedings and the reasons justifying the need to reply to the questions referred for a preliminary ruling – Manifest inadmissibility.
    Case C-716/19.

    Court reports – general

    ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:C:2020:870

     Order of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 28 October 2020 – Repsol Comercial de Productos Petrolíferos

    (Case C‑716/19) ( 1 )

    (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Article 53(2) and Article 94 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice – Competition – Final decision of a national competition authority finding a practice restricting competition – Scope of the probative value of the facts examined and found – Lack of sufficient details concerning the factual and regulatory context of the main proceedings and the reasons justifying the need to reply to the questions referred for a preliminary ruling – Manifest inadmissibility)

    Questions referred for a preliminary ruling – Admissibility – Need to provide the Court with sufficient information on the factual and legislative context – Extent of the obligation in the sphere of competition – Insufficient information regarding that context – Manifest inadmissibility

    (Art. 267 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 23, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 53(1)(c))

    (see paras 13-29, 31, operative part)

    Operative part

    The request for a preliminary ruling made by Juzgado de lo Mercantil no 2 de Madrid (tribunal de commerce no 2 de Madrid, Espagne), by decision of 29 July 2019, is manifestly inadmissible.


    ( 1 ) OJ C 423, 16.12.2019.

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