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… Article 10, the first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 21(1) and Article 22 of Directive 2014/104 provide as follows: ‘Article 10 - 1. Member States shall, in accordance with this Article, lay down rules applicable to for bringing actions for damages. Those rules shall determine when the begins to run, the duration thereof and the circumstances under which it is or suspended. 2. …

… In the absence of EU rules governing the matter until the date of expiry of the time limit for transposition of Directive 2014/104, it was, up to then, for the legal system of each Member State to lay down the detailed rules governing the exercise of the right to claim compensation for the harm resulting from an infringement of Articles 101 and 102 TFEU, including those on limitation periods, provided that the of and were observed. …

… National legislation laying down the date on which the starts to run, the duration of that and the rules for its suspension or must be adapted to the specificities of competition law and the objectives of the implementation of the rules of that law by the persons concerned, so as not to undermine completely the full effectiveness of Articles 101 and 102 TFEU. (24) 61. …

… effect with regard to the for criminal liability. …

… on which OUG nr. 71/2022 entered into force, do not the for criminal liability, as regards acts committed before that date, unless the criminal legislation in force from 30 May 2022 may be regarded, overall, as being the more lenient criminal law. 45 Lastly, Decision No 16/2024 of the ICCJ specifies that, given that, during the from 25 June 2018 to 30 May 2022, the for criminal liability ran without the possibility of , the act of …

… That said, if the applicable domestic rules of procedure provide the possibility, under certain conditions, for a national court to go back on a decision having the authority of res judicata in order to render the situation compatible with national law, that possibility must prevail if those conditions are met, in accordance with the of and , so that the situation at issue in the main proceedings is brought back into line with the rules of EU law (see, to that …

… of the , which are matters within the competence of the Member States, apply to the laid down in Article 10(1) of that directive. …

… However, the directive does not specify the conditions under which those time limits may be interrupted or suspended. 48 In those circumstances, pursuant to the of procedural autonomy and subject to the of and , it is for the national legal order of each Member State to determine the rules affording full and proper compensation for persons injured by a defective product (see, to that effect, judgment of 21 June 2017, W and Others, C-621/15, EU:C:2017: …

… Member States shall provide in their legislation that a of three years shall apply to proceedings for the recovery of damages as provided for in this Directive. The shall begin to run from the day on which the plaintiff became aware, or should reasonably have become aware, of the damage, the defect and the identity of the producer. 2. …

… observe such a balance, it is necessary to take into consideration, inter alia, the duration of the concerned and all the detailed rules for its application, such as the date on which it starts to run, the mechanism adopted to start the running, and that for suspending or it (the judgment in Caronte & Tourist, paragraph 47 and the case-law cited). 52 Account must also be taken of the specific features of competition law cases and in particular of the fact that those cases …

… of and (see, to that effect, judgment of 21 January 2021, Whiteland Import Export, C-308/19, EU:C:2021:47, paragraph 37). 79 In the light of all the foregoing considerations, the answer to the question referred is that Article 101 TFEU, read in the light of the general principle of the right to good administration, Article 47 of the Charter and the principle of effectiveness, must be interpreted as not precluding national legislation which, in the context of proceedings …

… time limit for closure of the investigation procedure at issue adversely affected the exercise of its rights of defence. 78 Lastly, it should be stated that the possibility of postponing the time limit for closure of infringement proceedings under Articles 101 and 102 TFEU conducted by the national competition authorities remains, in any event, subject to the maximum limit of the absolute limitation period, the determination of which is a matter for Member States, subject to compliance with the …

… In the absence of EU legislation in this area, the rules implementing the principle of res judicata are a matter for the national legal order, in accordance with the procedural autonomy of the Member States, but must be consistent with the of and . (37) 79. …

… In this case, the total loss caused to the tax authorities was RON 268 536 (equivalent to EUR 59 304), of which VAT amounted to RON 163 656 ( to EUR 36 142). 46. Given their nature and , the facts tried (24) could, in , constitute fraud within the meaning of Article 325 TFEU and Article 1(1)(b) of the PFI Convention. (25) 47. …

… That circumstance prevented the suspect or defendant from knowing that the had been and that a new for criminal liability had begun to run. (11) 7. The Romanian legislature did not take steps to amend Article 155(1) of the Criminal Code of 2009 in the manner prescribed by the Constitutional Court, resulting in a body of inconsistent case-law of the ordinary courts on the of for criminal liability. …

… of ) or render impossible in practice or excessively difficult the exercise of rights conferred by EU law ( of ). (33) 58. …

… Article 15(5) of the Workers’ Statute provides: ‘Without prejudice to the provisions of [paragraphs] 1(a), 2 and 3, workers who have been employed, with or without , for longer than 24 months over a of 30 months in the same or a different work position with the same undertaking or group of undertakings on two or more temporary contracts, regardless of whether the workers have entered into the contracts directly or have been supplied by temporary-employment agencies, with the same …

… The fifteenth additional provision of the Workers’ Statute, which relates to ‘the application of time to contracts for a particular task or service and to successive contracts in public administrations’, states that the breach of those limits in ‘public administrations and … public bodies which are linked to or dependent on them’ cannot prevent ‘the application of the constitutional principles of equality, merit and ability in access to public employment, [and] is not an obstacle to the obligation …

… Member States shall, in accordance with this Article, lay down rules applicable to for bringing actions for damages. Those rules shall determine when the begins to run, the duration thereof and the circumstances under which it is or suspended. 2. …

… of and were observed, that latter requiring that the rules applicable to actions for safeguarding rights which individuals derive from the direct effect of EU law do not make it in practice impossible or excessively difficult to exercise rights conferred by EU law (judgment of 18 April 2024, Heureka Group (Online price comparison services), C-605/21, EU:C:2024:324, paragraph 51 and the case-law cited). 49 In that regard, it follows from that principle that, even …

… cannot begin to run before that decision has become final. 68 It must be made clear that, in the present case, that interpretation is not invalidated either by the detailed rules for the suspension and/or of the or by those concerning the staying of the proceedings before the court hearing an action for damages, as those rules appear in the documents before the Court. 69 First, as regards the possible suspension of the , it is not apparent from …

… The change in the legal situation, namely the entry into force of the GDPR, did not result in an of the . Since a complaint under Article 77 of the GDPR is also to be rejected if it is lodged out of time, the rejection of GS’ complaint was, according to the Bundesverwaltungsgericht (Federal Administrative Court), the correct decision. 26. …

… of ); nor must they render practically impossible or excessively difficult the exercise of rights conferred by EU law ( of ). (27) Thus, the Court has also pointed out that the Member States must ensure that the practical arrangements for the exercise of the remedies provided for in Article 77(1), Article 78(1) and Article 79(1) of that regulation effectively meet the requirements arising from the right to an effective remedy enshrined in Article 47 of the Charter …

… However, that court held that the one-year set out in Paragraph 24(4) of the Austrian Law on data protection had expired. In so far as GS was aware of the publication of her personal data by D on 3 July 2017 and since no further material facts had been alleged in the subsequent course of the proceedings, the right to have her complaint dealt with on the basis of Article 77 of the GDPR had already expired by the time GS lodged it, on 26 July 2018. …

… According to Article 10 of that directive, entitled ‘ ’: ‘1. Member States shall, in accordance with this Article, lay down rules applicable to for bringing actions for damages. Those rules shall determine when the begins to run, the duration thereof and the circumstances under which it is or suspended. 2. …

… More specifically, in the absence of EU rules governing the matter, before the entry into force of Directive 2014/104, ‘it is for the domestic legal system of each Member State to lay down the detailed rules governing the exercise of the right to claim compensation for the harm resulting from an agreement or practice prohibited under Article 101 TFEU, provided that the of and are observed’. (20) 38. …

… It follows from the Court’s case-law that ‘if the , which starts to run before the completion of the proceedings following which a final decision is made by the [NCA] or by a review court, is too short in relation to the duration of these proceedings and cannot be suspended or during the course of such proceedings, it is not inconceivable that that may expire even before those proceedings are completed. …

… declaration of a claim the until the proceedings have concluded. …

… Those decisions have the force of res judicata at national level, with the result that the of , and legal certainty preclude such decisions from being challenged on the basis of EU law. 120 The Commission contends that this part of the ground of appeal is inadmissible in so far as CEVA does not specify the paragraphs of the judgment under appeal to which it refers. …

… According to CEVA, it follows that the declaration of claim made by the Commission in the context of that procedure could not the , since, on the date of that declaration, that had expired. 78 In addition, CEVA submits that by finding that the had been by a summons to appear before the French criminal courts issued in respect of CEVA, the General Court erred in law inasmuch as ‘Belgian law does not provide for either the …