ISSUES AND PROBLEMS REGARDING E.U. COMPETITION LAW PRIVATE ENFORCEMENT: DAMAGES AND NULLITY ACTIONS

Abstract

Traditionally public enforcement of competition law has been infinitely more important than private enforcement in the EU. However, the European Commission, at least since the beginning of this century, is highly interested in increasing the level of competition law private enforcement within the E.U. countries. Recently, the EC has tried to detect the causes of the European poor figures regarding private enforcement, and also to put appropriate remedies and design useful tools for improving those figures. This paper examines some of the legal tools and measures proposed by the EC with that aim.