An action for damages is an instrument whereby individuals exercise the right to compensation in the event of a breach of competition law (either the EU or national law). This is one of the two spectrums of competition law enforcement addressed as private enforcement of a violation of competition law. In the latter, legal rights are exercised by individuals acting as legal or natural persons. The second spectrum of this area of law is a public enforcement of a violation of competition law, where violations are sanctioned by a public authority. In the Republic of Slovenia, such a public authority is the Slovenian Competition Protection Agency.
The master's thesis describes the course of private enforcement of a competitive infringement. Its main purpose is to enable all persons suffering damages as a result of a breach of competition rules to indemnify the infringer for damage. The thesis describes and analyses the procedure before bringing an action, the bringing of an action itself, access to evidence, and the rest of the action proceedings before the court, including quantification of harm caused throughout anticompetitive practices.
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