Effective redress for breaches of competition law

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TBA

Summary

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has consulted (to Jun 2007) on how to make redress for consumers and business for breaches of competition law more effective.

In Nov 2007, the OFT published its recommendations to the government. On the issue of indirect purchaser standing and passing-on, the OFT considered that the most appropriate forum for dealing with this issue was in the context of discussions on the European Commission White Paper on damages actions (published Apr 2008).

The European Commission has consulted (to Jul 2008) on specific policy choices and measures that would help give all victims of infringements of EC competition law access to effective redress mechanisms, so that they could be fully compensated for the harm they suffered.