1442/7/7/22 Commercial and Interregional Card Claims II Limited ("CICC II") v Mastercard Incorporated & Others

An application to commence opt-out collective proceedings, under section 47B of the Competition Act 1998 (“the Act”), by Commercial and Interregional Card Claims II Limited (“CICC II”) against (1) Mastercard Incorporated; (2) Mastercard International Incorporated; (3) Mastercard Europe SA (formerly known as Mastercard Europe SPRL); (4) Mastercard/Europay UK Limited; (5) Mastercard UK Management Services Limited; and (6) Mastercard Europe Services Limited (together, “Mastercard” or “the Proposed Defendants”). The proposed collective proceedings would combine standalone claims against the Proposed Defendants for loss and damage caused by alleged breaches of statutory duty in infringing the Chapter I Prohibition and/or Article 101 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.