European Competition Law: Notable Judgments of the Court of Justice and the General Court of the EU Delivered in 2022

• Jurisdiction: European Union
• Year: 2022
• Author: Tihamér Tóth

Speaker

Mr Tihamér Tóth began his professional career in 1994 in Hungary as a legal officer at the European Affairs Office, hosted in turn by the Ministry for International Economic Relations, the Ministry for Industry and Trade and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Mr Tóth was appointed as a Judge at the General Court of the European Union on 6 July 2022.

Between 1997 and 2001, he held the position of case handler at the International Office of the Hungarian Competition Authority. From 2001 to 2003, he was a member and then, from 2003 to 2009, President of the Competition Council (Hungary). During that latter period, he also served as Vice-President of the Hungarian Competition Authority. From 2009 to 2022, he practised as a lawyer in Hungary, particularly in the area of competition law.

From 1999, Mr Tóth also dedicated himself to an academic career at the Pázmány Péter Katolikus Egyetem (Pázmány-Péter Catholic University, Hungary). He was a lecturer there between 1999 and 2010 and then became Vice-Dean, responsible, from 2010 to 2013, for research and international relations, from 2013 to 2014, for student affairs and, since 2015, for international relations. Mr Tóth was appointed as a professor at that university in 2018, where he held the Jean Monnet Chair in Competition Law between 2019 and 2022.

Topic

This e-presentation provides a comprehensive analysis of the significant and groundbreaking judgments handed down by the Court of Justice of the European Union in the year 2022 concerning EU competition law. The focus of this presentation is directed towards several landmark cases that have captured immense attention and had far-reaching implications in the realm of European competition regulations.

One of the pivotal cases under scrutiny is the litigation involving Gazprom's practices on the gas markets in Central and Eastern Europe. The judgments, namely T-616/18 and T-399/19, shed light on the alleged anticompetitive behavior exhibited by Gazprom and its potential impact on gas markets' dynamics in the affected regions. These cases have played a crucial role in setting precedents for how EU authorities address monopolistic practices in...