Clifford Chance

The Supreme Court partially revokes the High Court's judgment in the STANPA case, and confirms the full powers of the CNC during dawn raids

5 November 2012

The Supreme Court has declared that the protection of free competition and the need to avoid obstacles that hinder the dawn raids carried out by the Spanish Competition Authority ("CNC") in suspected cartel cases prevails vis-à-vis the fundamental right to inviolability of the home.

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