Harmonising EU Competition Litigation

This volume in the Swedish Studies in European Law series produced by the Swedish Network for European Legal Studies heralds the new harmonised regime of private enforcement of EU competition law. In 2013 the Commission issued a Communication and Practical Guide to the quantification of harm in antitrust litigation and a Recommendation on collective redress. In 2014 the long-awaited Directive on actions for damages for infringements of EU competition law was finally adopted. In 2016 the Commission is expected to issue guidelines on the passing-on of overcharges. This book examines these recent developments and offers the perspectives of judges officials practitioners and academics. <br/>With a preface by Judge Carl Wetter of the General Court the book explores five different themes. In section one the main policy issues and challenges are presented. In section two the new regime is placed in the bigger picture of recent EU law developments. In section three the nexus between private enforcement and transparency is investigated. A comparative perspective is offered in section four by looking into private enforcement in five Member State jurisdictions. Finally issues relating to causation harm and indirect purchasers are explored in section five.