Danish nightclub collusion will see ECJ test limits of facilitation, buyers’ cartel
By Lewis Crofts ( October 7, 2026, 08:17 GMT | Insight) -- The EU’s top judges will have to define when a company might breach EU antitrust rules for providing services to cartel members even if it isn’t a direct player itself, after a Danish court sought guidance on a facilitator's role in collusion among nightclubs. The Court of Justice is also tasked with determining whether collusion among the nightclubs in buying products and services for their partying clientele can constitute a plain and simple cartel offense.The EU’s top judges will have to define when a company might breach EU antitrust rules for providing services to cartel members even if it isn’t a direct player itself, after a Danish court sought guidance on the role of a facilitator in a collusive arrangement among nightclubs....
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