Collective Redress and EU Competition Law

Exploring obstacles to effective compensation of victims of competition infringements

This book categorises the types of victims harmed and the types of losses arisen from these infringements to identify to what extent there is a need for enhanced private competition law enforcement in the European Union (EU) and the best way to address this need. It shows that there is a genuine need for facilitating consumer damages actions and that consumer claims are the only claims that can be pursued in a collective redress action. In order to compensate consumers and overcome barriers to effective enforcement of their right to damages, it structures a collective redress action for consumers by considering the following elements:

i. the formation of the group

ii. the type of representative party

iii. funding mechanisms

iv. calculation and distribution of damages