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.