Thanks to a vote on 27 March, on a report on the European Commission’s (EC’s) Green Paper on damages actions for breach of the EC antitrust rules, the European Parliament (EP) has taken a new step towards facilitating private damages actions for breach of EC antitrust rules.
Facilitating private enforcement of EC competition rules, in particular through actions for damages, serves a double purpose: it allows victims of antitrust infringements to get compensation for the loss suffered and increases the incentive for companies to comply with the law.
