Case C-435/18: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 12 December 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof — Austria) — Otis GmbH, Schindler Liegenschaftsverwaltung GmbH, Schindler Aufzüge und Fahrtreppen GmbH, Kone AG, ThyssenKrupp Aufzüge GmbH v Land Oberösterreich and Others (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 101 TFEU — Damages for the loss caused by a cartel — Right to compensation of persons not acting as supplier or purchaser on the market affected by the cartel — Damage suffered by a public body which granted loans on favourable terms in order to acquire assets subject to the cartel)
Date: 2019-12-12
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: cartel, damages, loan, loss, public institution, restriction on competition








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17.2.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 54/6






Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 12 December 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof — Austria) — Otis GmbH, Schindler Liegenschaftsverwaltung GmbH, Schindler Aufzüge und Fahrtreppen GmbH, Kone AG, ThyssenKrupp Aufzüge GmbH v Land Oberösterreich and Others
(Case C-435/18) (1)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Article 101 TFEU - Damages for the loss caused by a cartel - Right to compensation of persons not acting as supplier or purchaser on the market affected by the cartel - Damage suffered by a public body which granted loans on favourable terms in order to acquire assets subject to the cartel)
(2020/C 54/07)
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Oberster Gerichtshof

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicants: Otis GmbH, Schindler Liegenschaftsverwaltung GmbH, Schindler Aufzüge und Fahrtreppen GmbH, Kone AG, ThyssenKrupp Aufzüge GmbH

Defendants: Land Oberösterreich, Gemeinnützige Wohnungsgenossenschaft ‘Lebensräume’ eingetragene GmbH, EBS Wohnungsgesellschaft mbH, WAG Wohnungsanlagen GmbH, WSG Gemeinnützige Wohn- und Siedlergemeinschaft reg.GmbH, Neue Heimat Oberösterreich Gemeinnützige Wohnungs- und SiedlungsgesmbH, BRW Gemeinnützige Wohnungs- und Siedlungsgenossenschaft ‘Baureform Wohnstätte’ eingetragene Gen.m.b.H., Gemeinnützige Wohnungs- und Siedlungsgenossenschaft ‘Familie’ eingetragene Gen.m.b.H., VLW Vereinigte Linzer Wohnungsgenossenschaften Gemeinnützige GmbH, Gemeinnützige Steyrer Wohn- und Siedlungs Genossenschaft ‘Styria’ reg.Gen.m.b.H., Innviertler Gemeinnützige Wohnungs- und Siedlungsgenossenschaft reg.Gen.m.b.H., Gemeinnützige Wohnungsgesellschaft der Stadt Steyr GmbH, Gemeinnützige Industrie-Wohnungsaktiengesellschaft, Gemeinnützige Siedlungsgesellschaft m.b.H. für den Bezirk Vöcklabruck, GEWOG Neues Heim Gemeinnützige Wohnungsgesellschaft m.b.H.

Operative part of the judgment

Article 101 TFEU must be interpreted as meaning that persons who are not active as suppliers or customers on the market affected by a cartel, but who provide subsidies, in the form of promotional loans, to buyers of the products offered on that market, may seek an order that the undertakings which participated in that cartel pay compensation for the losses they suffered as a result of the fact that, since the amount of those subsidies was higher than what it would have been without that cartel, those persons were unable to use that difference more profitably.


(1)  OJ C 352, 1.10.2018.