The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled on the possibility of limiting the protection offered by the prohibition of double jeopardy (ne bis in idem principle) in competition law, as guaranteed by the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, in a judgment delivered on Tuesday 22 March (cases C-117 and 151/20).
The Belgian company bpost is challenging before the Brussels Court of Appeal a fine imposed on it by the competition authority in 2012 for abuse of a dominant position due to the...