Damages in the Sphere of Antitrust Legislation

Abstract. In this scholarly work a comprehensive analysis of civil- and administrative-legal relations developed in the process of application of rules concerning compensation for damages caused by violations in the sphere of antitrust legislation is carried out. The purpose of research is to educe the specificity of compensation for damages as universal method of protection of civil rights and(or) competition and type of juridical responsibility caused by violations in the sphere of antitrust legislation, and to suggest effective methods of calculation of damages in the sphere of antitrust legislation. Among other things the following objectives set before the author should be noted: definition of the legal nature of the losses, identifying problems connected with calculation of damages, analysis of problems associated with beginning of the running of limitation period and so on. Among other things the civil legislation is analyzed in order to determine the sufficiency of its provisions and the judicial practice framed on its’ basis for successful recovery of “antitrust” damages, as well as peculiarities of the latter are educed. The main problems on certain offences of Competition Law arising in the course of a judicial proceeding are examined. The author analyzed Russian judicial practice on compensation for damages caused by violations in the sphere of antitrust legislation and identified existing problems and gaps in the law. Further to foreign experience of application of mechanisms of calculation of damages caused by the violation of the antitrust legislation, the conclusion is made about the necessity of implementation in the Russian legislation of some of them in order to recover damages in the sphere of antitrust legislation successfully.