European Competition Law Annual 2001: Effective Private Enforcement of EC Antitrust Law

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This is the sixth in a series of volumes following the annual workshops on EU Competition Law and Policy held at the Robert Schuman Centre of the European University in Florence. It reproduces the materials of the roundtable debate that took place at the sixth edition of the Workshop (1-2 June 2001), which examined the conditions for an effective private enforcement of EC antitrust rules. The participants discussed in particular the aspects of: the availability and effectiveness of substantive remedies in the enforcement of EC antitrust rules at the EU level in general and in four major EU jurisdictions in particular (England, France, Italy and Germany); the procedural issues arising in the enforcement of EC antitrust rules by national courts in four EU jurisdictions (England, France, Italy and Germany) and at the EU level in general; and the problems arising in the application of Article 81(3) EC by arbitration tribunals. In addition to these issues, the participants also discussed whether the public enforcement of EC antitrust rules could be rendered more efffective by introducing sanctions applicable to the individuals responsible for their violation.

Claus Dieter Ehlermann is Professor of Law at the European University Institute in Florence and a member of the Appellate Body of the WTO. He was formerly general Director of the Competition Directorate and of the Legal Service of the European Commission. Isabela Atanasiu is Research Fellow at the Robert Schuman Centre of the European University Institute in Florence.