Private Enforcement of EU Competition Law

The Impact of the Damages Directive

Edited by Pier Luigi Parcu, Part-time Professor, European University Institute and Chairman of Studio Economico, Italy, Giorgio Monti, Professor of Competition Law, Tilburg University, the Netherlands and Part-time Professor, European University Institute, Italy and Marco Botta, Part-time Professor, European University Institute, Italy

During the past decade, private enforcement of competition law has slowly taken off in Europe. However, major differences still exist among Member States. By harmonizing a number of procedural rules, the Damages Directive aimed to establish a level playing field among EU Member States. This timely book represents the first assessment of the implementation of the Damages Directive. Offering a comparative perspective, key chapters provide an up-to-date account of the emerging trends in private enforcement of competition law in Europe.

‘The collection edited by Parcu, Monti and Botta is very timely in this context, since it aims to analyse many of the questions arising from the enactment and the implementation of the 2014 Directive. The collection gathers together the proceeds of the 2016 edition of the project “European Networking and Training for National Competition Enforcers” (ENTraNCE), a programme seeking to build capacity through training members of the judiciaries of the member states in the field of competition law.’
– Arianna Andreangeli, The Edinburgh Law Review

“这代表第一个criti新卷cal analyses of the new era of private antitrust enforcement in the Member States post the EU Damages Directive. The contributions do not just refer to the national jurisprudential and legislative developments but also critically and synthetically evaluate the EU Directive following an ex post assessment approach, based on real cases. They document breakthroughs but also persisting problems and offer the readers a good glimpse of what the new generation issues will be.’
– Assimakis Komninos, White & Case LLP, Belgium and University College London, UK