Working group The undertaking in competition law Effective enforcement of Art. 101, 102 TFEU after Sumal (C-882/19) Add to calendar 2022-09-12 15:00 2022-09-12 16:30 Europe/Rome The undertaking in competition law Sala del Torrino Villa Salviati- Castle YYYY-MM-DD Print Share: Share on Facebook Share on BlueSky Share on X Share on LinkedIn Send by email Scheduled dates Sep 12 2022 15:00 - 16:30 CEST Sala del Torrino, Villa Salviati- Castle Organised by Department of Law The EUI Competition Law Working Group hosts an event with Eva Fischer (LMU Munich). The notion undertaking can address a plurality of entities as an economic unit, the purpose and exact requirements of which still lack clarification. The extended case law seems to find an endpoint in the Sumal-judgment (C-882/19) that allows for the subsidiaries’ liability of a parent company’s infringement. An economic concept can provide justification for the reach of the newly confirmed concept of the economic unit. It shows that the principle of effective deterrence requires also the subsidiaries’ liability due to particularities of the private enforcement of competition law. However, for enforcement purposes, actions can be directed only to persons as GA Kokott famously mentioned back in 2007 for decisions of competition authorities (C-280/06, para. 69). It follows, that the concept of the economic unit requires joint and several liability of entities of the economic unit towards third parties (externally) and amongst the entities of the economic unit (internally). Related events