Companies often associate competition rules with public
enforcement. However, competition law can also be a source of
compensation. The new French Order and Decree, which together
implement Directive 2014/104/EU on actions for damages for
infringements of competition law provisions, simplify the task
victims of infringements of competition law face when they claim
damages by creating a number of presumptions in their
favour.
Competition authorities, including the French Competition
Authority (the FCA), impose increasingly heavy
fines on companies that infringe competition rules. In parallel to
this, private claims aimed at repairing the harm suffered by the
victims of anti-competitive practices exist, but until now such
claims have not been made to the extent possible.
