EC Competition Law After Modernisation: More than Ever in the Interest of Consumers

Jules Stuyck ()

Journal of Consumer Policy, 2005, vol. 28, issue 1, 30 pages

Abstract: In this paper it is argued that even though the consumer cannot (anymore) be reduced to a “homo oeconomicus,” competition law is the cornerstone of consumer law and that the decentralised application of EC competition law since 1 May 2004 (pursuant to Regulation 1/2003) gives new opportunities for an effective application of the EC competition rules to the benefit of consumers. While the EC Treaty (and the future Constitution for Europe) aim to protect consumers in the framework of the internal market programme, as well as on the basis of a genuine “consumer protection” policy, it is submitted that an effective competition policy remains crucial for consumers in a market economy. Consumer interests are generally diffuse and therefore difficult to protect via legal procedures. Nevertheless a further development of remedies which are already available in Community law (nullity of restrictive agreements, claims for damages, actions for a cease and desist order, and so on) will contribute to an increased application of the competition rules in the interest of consumers. Copyright Springer 2005

Date: 2005
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