Prague | CZ
Did your company purchase replacement tyres in the EEA between 2019 and 2024?
You may have paid inflated prices as a result of suspected anticompetitive conduct in the tyre market. LitFin can help you assess and pursue a potential claim for compensation.
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The Case
On 30 January 2024, the European Commission carried out unannounced inspections at the premises of several major tyre manufacturers as part of an investigation into possible breaches of EU competition law. The suspected conduct concerns the market for new replacement tyres sold in the European Economic Area, including tyres for passenger cars, vans, trucks, and buses. The Commission is investigating whether manufacturers may have coordinated prices or other commercial strategies, including through public communications and media channels. The investigation does not concern tyres supplied as original equipment with newly manufactured vehicles. However, it may affect a broad range of businesses and consumers that purchased replacement tyres through manufacturers, distributors, dealers, leasing companies, or other intermediaries. Companies and individuals that purchased replacement tyres during the potentially affected period may therefore have paid inflated prices and may be entitled to assess a potential claim for compensation. As the Commission’s investigation remains ongoing, the existence, duration, and scope of any infringement have not yet been finally established.
Our Offer
LitFin helps companies and other eligible purchasers assess and pursue potential compensation claims arising from suspected anticompetitive conduct in the replacement tyre market without taking on financial risk. We finance and coordinate the legal, economic and procedural work required to bring a claim, allowing affected purchasers to evaluate their position and seek recovery without upfront costs.
Your company does not need to allocate a litigation budget or advance legal fees. LitFin covers the costs of the claim process, including legal work, economic analysis, expert support, procedural costs and case management. If the claim is not successful, your company does not reimburse these costs. LitFin only receives a pre-agreed success fee if compensation is recovered.
Why With LitFin?
LitFin is a leading expert in complex litigation funding, with a primary focus on damages claims arising from follow-on competition law cases. LitFin also supports its clients in various group litigations, arbitrations, insolvency proceedings, and other related matters.
Litigation finance works on a “no win, no fee” principle: we cover the legal costs of a case, and only if it's successful, we receive an agreed minority share of the proceeds. If the case is lost, the client owes us nothing.
Company highlights
- 92%
Success rate
- 10 000 +
Trusting clients
- € 7B +
Overall portfolio claim value
- 2018
Established
Meet the Team
The team working on this case consists of an experienced team of experts from LitFin.
Since 2018, LitFin has been supporting clients in enforcing their rights. We specialise in managing compensation claims through litigation funding on a „no win-no fee“ basis. We completely assume the risk and all financial costs, allowing our clients easier access to justice. We are currently funding over 20 group actions for compensation across the EU, where we represent more than 18 000 clients.
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- Prague | CZ
Matej Pardo
COO -
Prague | CZAndrej Liška
Manager
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Frequently Asked Questions
What happens after registration?
After registration, our team will contact you to explain the tyre case and request basic information about your replacement tyre purchases. Where appropriate, you may sign a confidentiality agreement before providing supporting data, such as invoices, suppliers, purchase dates and volumes.
Our legal and economic experts will then assess your potential claim. If you decide to proceed, you will sign the relevant claim agreement, after which LitFin will coordinate the process and keep you informed until the matter is resolved through settlement or court proceedings.
We then handle the case and keep you updated until it’s resolved—either by settlement or court judgement.
What documents do you need from us?
To assess your potential claim, we need basic information about your replacement tyre purchases. This may include invoices, annual purchase volumes and values, suppliers, purchase dates, countries of purchase, tyre categories and vehicle types. Please indicate whether the tyres were purchased directly from manufacturers or through dealers, distributors, leasing providers or other intermediaries. We may initially work with a limited sample of documents and request additional data only if needed for a more detailed assessment.
For which tyres purchases can we claim?
Potential claims may relate to purchases of new replacement tyres made during the period affected by the suspected anticompetitive conduct. As the European Commission has not yet confirmed the precise duration of any infringement, we recommend preserving and providing purchase records for at least the past ten years, where available.
The investigation covers replacement tyres for passenger cars, vans, trucks and buses purchased directly from manufacturers or indirectly through dealers, distributors, leasing providers and other intermediaries. Tyres supplied as original equipment with newly purchased vehicles are not currently considered part of the investigated market.
When will I receive the money?
It is not currently possible to determine when compensation may be received. The European Commission’s investigation is still ongoing, and the duration of any subsequent claim will depend on factors such as the final decision, settlement negotiations, the selected legal route and the speed of any court proceedings.
Competition damages claims often take several years to resolve. LitFin will manage the process and keep you informed of all material developments throughout the case.
Our tyres were included in a service or fleet-management package. Can we still join?
Potentially, yes. Your company may still have a potential claim where replacement tyres were supplied as part of a fixed-fee maintenance, tyre-management, leasing or fleet-service package rather than purchased separately.
The assessment will depend on whether the tyre-related component of the service can be identified or reasonably estimated from invoices, contracts, service records or information provided by the supplier. If your documentation does not show tyre costs separately, LitFin can review the available data and assess whether the relevant purchases can still be quantified.
How much does it cost to join?
There are no upfront costs. LitFin finances the legal, economic, expert and procedural costs associated with pursuing the claim. If compensation is successfully recovered, LitFin receives a pre-agreed success fee deducted from the recovered amount. If the claim is unsuccessful, you do not reimburse the funded costs.
What is the tyre cartel case about?
The case concerns suspected anticompetitive conduct by several major tyre manufacturers. On 30 January 2024, the European Commission carried out unannounced inspections as part of an investigation into possible price coordination, including through public communications, in breach of Article 101 TFEU. The investigation covers new replacement tyres for passenger cars, vans, trucks and buses sold in the European Economic Area. The Commission has not yet issued a final infringement decision, and the inspections do not establish that competition law was breached.
Why should my company consider acting now?
Collecting historical tyre purchase data and supporting documents can take time, particularly where purchases were made through multiple suppliers, dealers, leasing providers or service arrangements. Starting early allows the relevant records to be preserved and the legal and economic assessment to be prepared efficiently. Potential competition damages claims may also be subject to limitation periods that differ between jurisdictions. Requesting a preliminary assessment is free and non-binding, but it helps your company understand its position and prepare before important evidence is lost or the available time becomes more limited.