Subsequent actions and enforcement of cartel law

Follow-on Actions and Enforcement of Antitrust Law The purpose of my thesis is to analyse the private enforcement of antitrust law as regards the follow-on actions. The research tries to explore this subject and points out to the most problematic issues in pursuing the action for damages after the decision of the national competition authority was made. The thesis is composed of five chapters, each of them dealing with different aspects of the follow-on actions. Chapter One is introductory and defines the basis of private enforcement of antitrust law and explains the differences between follow-on and stand-alone actions. Chapter Two examines the binding effect of the decisions of the competition authorities on courts when dealing with follow-on actions . The chapter consists of six parts. Part One focuses on differences between national legislation of some EU member states. Part Two investigates the legislation which is in force in USA. Part Three deals with the proposal made by the Commission of the European Union in the White paper on this subject. Part four concerns the problem of whether or not the decision of the national competition authority should have irrebuttable effect before the court. Part five is dealing with the decisions of competition authorities from abroad. Part six focuses on commitment..