Almunia, in der EU-Kommission zuständig für Wettbewerb und Beihilfen, hat den Fahrplan der Europäischen Kommission kürzlich in einer Rede skizziert.
Auf Spanisch. Soweit Googles automatische Übersetzung intelligibel ist (würdeloser Sprachumstand der EU):
- Im Herbst 2010 wird es eine öffentliche Konsultation zu einem allgemeinen Rechtsrahmen geben, gemeinsam durch die drei Generaldirektionen Wettbewerb, Gesundheit und Verbraucherschutz sowie Justiz.
- Darauf aufsetzend wird die Kommission dann sektorspezifische (z.B. kartellrechtliche) Instrumente entwickeln.
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The Commission White Paper of April 2008 on actions for damages for breach of community rules on competition launched a broad debate, including on our suggestions for collective action. Along the same, is widely accepted, also by the European Parliament, which had to do something to improve the current situation in which too many victims of infringements of competition law, both consumers and businesses, do not get the compensation to they are entitled under EU law.
From the beginning, we have been emphasizing the need to strike a proper balance: on the one hand, should be removed obstacles to the compensation of victims, but at the same time, we need to avoid by all means abusive litigation that has been generated in other countries outside the EU.
For this it is crucial to have an effective collective action as a means of exercising the right to compensation for injury by the injured parties.
Since the new Commission began its work, a little over three months, I am discussing with the Vice Reding, responsible for legislation on fundamental rights, and Mr Dalli, responsible for consumer protection, the different aspects to implementation of a coherent framework for collective action.
In particular, our goal is to define common legal principles to guide any future sector-specific legislative proposal on collective action. We intend to conduct a joint public consultation on the issue next fall.
After the consultation, the Commission take a position on this framework, that is the basis of concrete legislative proposals, such as on claims for breach of Community rules on competition.
I hope that in the end find a solution that can be applied in legal cultures in all Member States and to ensure real access to justice for all European consumers and companies harmed by anticompetitive behavior.
PS Mittlerweile gibt es eine englische Fassung, nämlich hier.
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