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Nissan’s ‘out of time’ argument against Spanish damages claim rejected by EU judges

By Jean Comte ( September 4, 2025, 11:35 GMT | Insight) -- EU judges said today that a national law may not stipulate that the countdown for bringing a cartel damages action begins when a decision by the competition authority is still facing appeals and is not final. The ruling stems from a claim by carmaker Nissan that a damage claim filed in 2023 in Spain was time-barred because it followed-on from a decision published eight years earlier by the competition authority. The decision was confirmed in 2021 by the country's Supreme Court.EU cartel law precludes a national law that says that the countdown for a victim to bring a damages action starts before the decision by the competition authority is final, EU judges said today....

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