The Damages Directive was published in the Official Journal on 5 December 2014. EU countries need to implement it by 27 December 2016. The Directive makes it a lot easier for victims of antitrust violations to claim compensation, and fine-tunes the interplay between private damages claims and...

Globalisation presents major challenges for competition authorities around the world, requiring close cooperation between them in order to best tackle cross-border competition issues. The Commission has therefore concluded numerous international agreements in recent years, both bilaterally and...

This study reviews the role played by national courts in the protection of competitors' rights to challenge aid granted in violation of the Treaty. It also examines the effectiveness of measures taken at national level to enforce decisions on State aid recovery.