Download This PaperPrivate Enforcement of EU Antitrust Law and Its Relationship with Public Enforcement: Past, Present and Future
published in World Competition: Law and Economics Review, Vol. 40, No. 1, March 2017, pp. 3-46
presented at the Mannheim Centre for Competition and Innovation Law and Economics Conference on Cartel Damages in Europe, 10-11 November 2016
46 Pages Posted: 8 Nov 2016 Last revised: 5 Sep 2019
Date Written: November 7, 2016
Abstract
This paper provides a short history of private enforcement of EU antitrust law and its relationship with public enforcement, from the 1957 EEC Treaty over Regulation 17 and Regulation 1/2003 until Directive 2014/104 and the current outlook.
Keywords: Antitrust, Competition Law, EU, Private Enforcement, Public Enforcement, Damages, Leniency
JEL Classification: K21, K40, K42, L40
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Wouter P. J. Wils (Contact Author)
King's College London - The Dickson Poon School of Law
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London, WC2R 2LS
United Kingdom