Quantifying damages in cartel cases:

Although Spain does not enjoy the tradition of other jurisdictions such as the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Germany in the field of Competition Law private enforcement, this does not mean that it lacks any kind of experience. The purpose of this contribution is to establish the general framework of the criteria being used by the Spanish courts in cartel cases. For that purpose, I consider the decisions handed down in the well-known "trucks cartel", given that it is the European jurisdiction where most judgments have until now been adopted and that the trucks cartel has led to most decisions in relation to the determination of damages for antitrust offences in Spain.