Impact Assessment of the "Damages Directive": Abuse of Dominance Cases

Ilona Dielen and Jeanne Mouton
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Ilona Dielen: Université Paris-Est Créteil, ERUDITE, France
Jeanne Mouton: European Commission, Brussels

No 2025-42, GREDEG Working Papers from Groupe de REcherche en Droit, Economie, Gestion (GREDEG CNRS), Université Côte d'Azur, France

Abstract: This study assesses the effect of Directive 2014/104/EU on the likelihood of success of private actions for damages related to abuse of a dominant position. Based on an original database of 194 decisions between 1988 and 2022 in France, Italy and the United Kingdom, the analysis is based on an identification by difference in differences with fixed country and sector effects. The effect is estimated by targeting the cases most likely to be affected by the Directive, namely stand-alone actions for damages. The results reveal a significant differential effect of the Directive, contributing to the empirical assessment of its impact on the effectiveness of the right to compensation in private competition litigation.

Keywords: Competition law; damages actions; private remedies; abuse of dominant position; EU directive; impact assessment; law economy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C21 H83 K21 K41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 42 pages
Date: 2025-10
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