Court of Justice 7 February 2013, C‑536/11 (Bundeswettbewerbsbehörde v Donau Chemie AG and Others.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General I – Introduction 1. Paragraph 39(2) of the Austrian Federal Law of 2005 on Cartels and Other Restrictions of Competition (Bundesgesetz gegen Kartelle und andere Wettbewerbsbeschränkungen) (‘KartG’) precludes third party access to court files of public law competition proceedings absent the consent of the parties to the proceedings.