Gerard Melgar Barcelona

Barcelona

Updated Monday, March 11, 2024-22:43

  • 2022 A court concludes that the ANC 'Strategic Consumption' campaign was a boycott of non-independence companies

  • 2018 The ANC urges to consume in companies committed to proclaiming independence

The

Provincial Court of Barcelona

has rejected the appeal presented by the

Catalan National Assembly

(ANC) against the ruling that forced it to close the website of its

Strategic Consumption

campaign and points out that it committed a "boycott" in the initiative designed in 2018 to promote consumption in companies related to sovereignty.

The court "fully" endorses the judicial ruling of the

Commercial Court 11

of Barcelona, ​​of December 2021, and agrees with the plaintiff, the

Foment del Treball employer

association .

The judges reiterate that the actions of the entity organizing the large demonstrations of the

Diada

were "disloyal and contrary to good faith" and that it not only harmed what the entity called "companies of the

Ibex 35

, the

BOE

or the

box of the Bernabéu

", but to all competitors who are not members of the campaign because they do not share its ideology or do not meet the requirements to register.

The Barcelona Court considers that not being classified as a "strategic supplier" has a negative effect on the market for reasons totally unrelated to the efficiency, quality or price of the services.

The

ANC

appealed that ruling, considering that its initiative "did not influence the consumer's free decision."

The Assembly stressed that the messages were "only informative", framed "in freedom of expression and the right to association."

In its resolution, before which an appeal is still possible,

section 15

of the Provincial Court argues that the ANC campaign went "beyond freedom of expression", since it involved intermediation actions between companies, with media own materials and personnel, and that had the objective of "modifying consumption and contracting habits in accordance with criteria far removed from the logic of the market."

mirror web

After the closure of the website, a mirror page ( consumerticcatala.com

) was created

that replicates its same content and remains operational as it was formally created by people outside the entity.

The ANC's Strategic Consumption

campaign

was included "within a set of proposals to give real effectiveness to the proclamation of the Catalan Republic, in this case in the economic sphere, by empowering people in making everyday consumption decisions." ".