Brussels, 04/06/2009 (Agence Europe) - A single meeting between competitive undertakings may constitute a breach of Community competition law, the EU Court of Justice stated on Thursday 4 June. As long as there is a causal connection between the consultation and the market conduct of the undertakings participating at the meeting, there is no need to show repeated or long-term dealing between companies for the authorities to condemn those companies for concerted practice (Case C-8/08).
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