1 Amendments of Juozas IMBRASAS related to 2011/2089(INI)
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines that there is current situation is not only detrimental for consumers who are the weaker party in market transactions but also imposes unequal market conditions on those businesses who abide by the rules due to unfair competitily no effective legal system governing the payment of compensation for damage caused by violations of competition law to individuals in cases of redress; notes that the competition authorities punish breaches of competition law, but that victims are only able to be compensated on an individual basis by national courts in accordance with national procedural rules, as a result of which, in general, consumers directly affected by a violation of competition law do not receive compensation, whilst fines are paid to the State, which means that justice is not being done;