European Union: Portuguese Competition Authority lawsuit concerning seizure of emails in competition investigations (Joined Cases C-258/23 to C-260/23)

Progress

Current status
under deliberation
23 Oct 2025 under deliberation
24 Apr 2023 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czechia
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Government access to data
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Government Branch
judiciary
Government Body
court
Implementation Level
supranational

Timeline of events

23 Oct 2025
under deliberation

Advocate General Delivered Opinion on lawsuit concerning seizure of emails in competition investigations (Joined Cases C‑258/23 to C‑260/23)

On 23 October 2025, Advocate General Medina delivered a supplementary Opinion in Joined Cases C‑258/23 to C‑260/23 to the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union. The opinion addressed the interpretation of Articles 7 (respect fo…

Event type public lawsuit
Action type opinion
Government branch judiciary
Government body court
24 Apr 2023
under deliberation

Portuguese Competition Authority referred a lawsuit concerning seizure of emails in competition investigations (Joined Cases C‑258/23 to C‑260/23) to Court of Justice of EU

On 24 April 2023, the Portuguese Competition Authority referred a lawsuit concerning the seizure of emails in competition investigations (Joined Cases C‑258/23 to C‑260/23) to the Court of Justice of the EU. The Portuguese Competition Authority was …

Event type public lawsuit
Action type announcement
Government branch judiciary
Government body court