JUDGEMENT OF THE EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE IN THE CASE C-32/11

The legal issue dealt with by the European Court of Justice in the case C‑32/11 Allianz Hungary (judgement made on 14th March 2013) was placed in the context of agreements concluded between insurance companies and car repairers and/or repair shops (that were also distribution channels of insurance, i.e. insurance intermediaries). According to agreements, hourly rates for vehicle repair (prices charged by a repair shop to an insurance company) depended on, among other things, the number of insurance agreements concluded via repair shops, i.e. whether such agreements between insurance companies and repair shops, in terms of competition law, aimed to limit competition on the market.