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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11700

11 January 2017
Contents Publication in full By article 22 / 27
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU / Justice
General Court sets out for first time criteria deciding what constitutes excessive duration in a procedure
Brussels, 10/01/2017 (Agence Europe)

In the first case of this kind, the General Court of the EU has examined the length of its own procedures. In the conclusion it reached on Tuesday 10 January it decided that concluding a competition case within the timeframe of five years and nine months was excessive and warranted compensation to the respective parties involved (Case T-577/14).

The Court of Justice of the European Union called on the General Court to examine this issue. In 2013, the former decided that the duration of the...

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