Clifford Chance
The Spanish National Court exonerates Avis in the car rental cartel
6 July 2016
The National Court impedes the CNMC from automatically concluding that attending one single meeting of a cartel without publicly distancing oneself constitutes an infringement and exonerates Avis of any responsibility. The National Court alignes itself with the Court of Justice of the European Union and requires, for an infringement to exist, that both attendance at the meeting and the anti-competitive intention behind its attendance, be duly proven.
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