Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 2 April 2020

Gazdasági Versenyhivatal v Budapest Bank Nyrt. and Others

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Kúria

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Article 101(1) TFEU — Card payment systems — Interbank agreement fixing the level of interchange fees — Agreement restricting competition ‘by object’ and ‘by effect’ — Concept of restriction of competition ‘by object’

Case C-228/18


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
19/06/2020 Budapest Bank and Others
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2020:265
02/04/2020 Budapest Bank and Others
Abstract
ECLI:EU:C:2020:265
02/04/2020 Budapest Bank and Others
Application (OJ)
15/06/2018 Budapest Bank and Others
Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2019:678
05/09/2019 Budapest Bank and Others
Top of the page Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

Reports of Cases

not yet published (Court Reports - general)

Subject-matter

Information not available

Systematic classification scheme

1.
3 Legal proceedings
  3.04 Reference for a preliminary ruling
    3.04.02 Jurisdiction of the Court of Justice
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.08 Competition
    4.08.01 Agreements, decisions and concerted practices
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.08 Competition
    4.08.01 Agreements, decisions and concerted practices
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.08 Competition
    4.08.01 Agreements, decisions and concerted practices
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.08 Competition
    4.08.01 Agreements, decisions and concerted practices
      4.08.01.04 null
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Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 03/04/2018

Date of the Opinion

  • 05/09/2019

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

02/04/2020


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Information not available

Name of the parties

Budapest Bank and Others

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Wardhaugh, Bruce: CJEU: anti-competitive agreements - interchange fees: Gazdasagi Versenyhivatal v Budapest Bank Nyrt. (C-228/18) EU:C:2020:265, European Competition Law Review 2020, n° 7, N53-N54 (EN)
  2. Idot, Laurence: Concurrence - Restriction de concurrence par objet, Europe 2020, n° 6 Juin, Comm. 197 (FR)
  3. Kecsmár, Krisztián: Arrêt Budapest Bank : la Cour de justice a-t-elle opéré un pas en avant et un en arrière en matière de l’application de la restriction de concurrence « par objet » ?, Revue des affaires européennes 2020 n°2 p. 463-475 (FR)
  4. Elkerbout, Ruben: Het Hongaarse banken-arrest : vlees doch vis en een eendentest voor doelbeperkingen, Markt & Mededinging 2020 p. 250-257 (NL)
  5. Bardusco, Thomas ; Juvigny, Olivier de: Budapest Bank : new light shed on the notion of restriction of competition "by object" : case C-228/18 Gazdasági Versenyhivatal/Budapest Bank Nyrt e.a., Journal of European Competition Law & Practice 2020 Vol. 11 nº 3-4 p. 163-165 (EN)
  6. Idot, Laurence: Restriction de concurrence par objet et accords sur les commissions interbancaires : un couple impossible ?, Revue des contrats 2020, n° 3, p. 106-109 (FR)
  7. Debroux, Michel: Restriction par objet : La Cour de justice de l’Union européenne tente à nouveau de clarifier le concept de restriction de concurrence par objet (et n’y parvient pas totalement) et fournit une méthodologie pratique pour identifier un tel objet (et n’échoue pas entièrement) (Gazdasági Versenyhivatal / Budapest Bank Nyrt), Concurrences : revue des droits de la concurrence 2020, nº 3, p. 88-90 (FR)
  8. Massarano, Nissim: The unclear effects of the Budapest Bank experience : (C-228/18), European Competition Law Review 2021, n° 2, p. p. 65-68 (EN)
  9. Koivusalo, Jussi: The pursuit of an anti-competitive outcome - restrictions of competition by object after GUK and Budapest Bank : cases cited : Generics (UK) Ltd v Competition and Markets Authority (C-307/18), Gazdasagi Versenyhivatal v Budapest Bank Nyrt (C-228/18), European Competition Law Review 2021, n° 6, p. 316-331 (EN)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Kúria - Hungary

Subject-matter

  • Competition
  • - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices

Provisions of national law referred to

Information not available

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

  • Reference for a preliminary ruling
  • Reference for a preliminary ruling : dismissal on grounds of inadmissibility

Formation of the Court

cinquième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Regan

Advocate General

Bobek

Language(s) of the Case

  • Hungarian

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • English