Request for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank Amsterdam (Netherlands) lodged on 6 November 2019 — Stichting Cartel Compensation, Equilib Netherlands BV v Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV and Others

(Case C-819/19)

Language of the case: Dutch

Referring court

Rechtbank Amsterdam

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicants: Stichting Cartel Compensation, Equilib Netherlands BV

Defendants: Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV, Martinair Holland NV, Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Lufthansa Cargo AG, British Airways plc, Société Air France SA, Singapore Airlines Ltd, Singapore Airlines Cargo Pte Ltd, Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV, Martinair Holland NV, Société Air France SA, Singapore Airlines Cargo Pte Ltd, Singapore Airlines Ltd, Lufthansa Cargo AG, Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Swiss International Air Lines AG, British Airways plc, Air Canada, Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd, SAS AB, Scandinavian Airlines System Denmark-Norway-Sweden, SAS Cargo Group A/S, Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV, Martinair Holland NV, Société Air France SA, Lufthansa Cargo AG, Deutsche Lufthansa AG, British Airways plc

Question referred

In a dispute between injured parties (in the present case shippers, recipients of air cargo services) and air carriers, do the national courts have the power — either because of the direct effect of Article 101 TFEU, or at least of Article 53 EEA, or on the basis of (the direct effect of) Article 6 of Regulation 1/2003 ¹  — to fully apply Article 101 TFEU, or at least Article 53 EEA, with regard to agreements/concerted practices of air carriers in respect of freight services on flights operated before 1 May 2004 on routes between airports within the EU and airports outside the EEA, or, before 19 May 2005, on routes between Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and airports outside the EEA, or, on flights operated before 1 June 2002, between airports within the EU and Switzerland, also for the period that the transitional regime of Articles 104 and 105 TFEU applied, or does the transitional regime preclude that?

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¹     Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 of 16 December 2002 on the implementation of the rules on competition laid down in Articles 81 and 82 of the Treaty (OJ 2003 L 1, p. 1).