62020CO0329_INF
Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 11 February 2021 – Raiffeisen Bank International
(Case C‑329/20)
(Reference for a preliminary ruling – Competition – Prohibition of abuse of a dominant position – Unfair trading conditions – Mortgage loan agreement denominated in a foreign currency and concluded between a bank and the members of an undertaking – Act void – Time-barred legal proceedings – Article 53(2) and Article 94 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice – Manifest inadmissibility – Content of the request for a preliminary ruling – Insufficient information concerning the reasons justifying the need to reply to the questions referred for a preliminary ruling)
1.
Questions referred for a preliminary ruling – Admissibility – Need to provide the Court with sufficient information regarding the factual and legislative context – Extent of the obligation in the sphere of competition – Insufficient information regarding that context – Manifest inadmissibility
(Art. 267 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Arts 53(2) and 94)
(see paras 18-21, 32-36, 38)
2.
Dominant position – Relevant market – Delimitation – Criteria
(Art. 102 TFEU)
(see paras 24-26)
3.
Competition – Dominant position – Individual or collective dominant position – Concept – Criteria for assessment
(Art. 102 TFEU)
(see paras 28-31)
Operative part
The request for a preliminary ruling made by Sąd Okręgowy w Słupsku (Slupsk Regional Court, Poland), by decision of 8 July 2020, is manifestly inadmissible.