Italian Supreme Court backs TicketOne appeal
The court affirmed a ruling dismissing the €10.9m fine imposed on TicketOne in 2021 for alleged abuses of its dominant market position
News By James Hanley | 29 November 2022
The Italian Supreme Administrative Court (CdS) has ruled in favour of TicketOne in its appeal against a €10.9 million fine for alleged abuses of its dominant market position.
The original 2021 ruling by the Italian Competition Authority (ICA) had previously been dismissed and the fine annulled by a Lazio court in March this year.
It followed an investigation into the market leader’s parent company CTS Eventim and related to complaints by venue operator Zed Entertainment, which accused TicketOne of “an abusive strategy…