EU ordered to pay over €50,000 in damages in first excessive length of proceedings case
The General Court has ordered the EU to pay over €50,000 in damages to Gascogne due to the excessive length of time taken to hear its cartel appeals. This marks the first time that the EU has been ordered to compensate a company for a breach of its right to a hearing within a reasonable amount of time, although the damages awarded were very low. This article discusses the reasoning behind the Court’s decision to award Gascogne compensation for the harm suffered, as well as the judgment’s significance in the context of several other pending excessive length of proceedings cases.
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