Case C-21/24, Nissan Iberia: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 4 September 2025 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de lo Mercantil no 1 de Zaragoza – Spain) – CP v Nissan Iberia SA (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Article 101 TFEU – Principle of effectiveness – Actions for damages for infringements of the competition law provisions of the Member States and of the European Union – Limitation period – Determination of the dies a quo – Knowledge of the information necessary for bringing an action for damages – Publication on the website of a national competition authority of its decision finding an infringement of the competition rules – Binding effect of a decision of a national competition authority which is not yet final – Suspension or interruption of the limitation period – Stay of the main proceedings before the court hearing an action for damages – Directive 2014/104/EU – Article 10 – Temporal application)
Date: 2025-09-04
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: competition law, damages, interest in bringing an action, legal basis, limitation of legal proceedings, restriction on competition, right of action, sanction (EU)








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C/2025/5556


27.10.2025






Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 4 September 2025 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de lo Mercantil no 1 de Zaragoza – Spain) – CP v Nissan Iberia SA


(Case C-21/24,
                (1)
Nissan Iberia)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Article 101 TFEU - Principle of effectiveness - Actions for damages for infringements of the competition law provisions of the Member States and of the European Union - Limitation period - Determination of the 
dies a quo
 - Knowledge of the information necessary for bringing an action for damages - Publication on the website of a national competition authority of its decision finding an infringement of the competition rules - Binding effect of a decision of a national competition authority which is not yet final - Suspension or interruption of the limitation period - Stay of the main proceedings before the court hearing an action for damages - Directive 2014/104/EU - Article 10 - Temporal application)
(C/2025/5556)
Language of the case: Spanish

Referring court

Juzgado de lo Mercantil no 1 de Zaragoza

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: CP

Defendant: Nissan Iberia SA

Operative part of the judgment

Article 101 TFEU, read in the light of the principle of effectiveness, and Article 10(2) of Directive 2014/104/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 November 2014 on certain rules governing actions for damages under national law for infringements of the competition law provisions of the Member States and of the European Union
must be interpreted as meaning that they preclude national legislation, as interpreted by the national courts having jurisdiction, according to which, for the purposes of determining the starting point of the limitation period applicable to actions for damages for infringements of the competition rules following a decision of the national competition authority finding an infringement of those rules, it may be concluded that a person who considers himself or herself to have been harmed was aware of the information necessary to enable him or her to bring an action for damages before that decision became final.


(1)  OJ C, C/2024/2591.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/5556/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)