WHAT TYPE OF SANCTIONS? PROSPECTS OF PRIVATE ENFORCEMENT OF EU COMPETITION LAW IN POLAND.

There are several reasons for my interest in recent works of the European Commission as well as national authorities on a legal framework of antitrust damages actions. Over the years, there has been a systematic shift in how the European Commission addresses private antitrust enforcement. However, different views remain across Europe on the benefits and dangers of this American-style development. This article describes how Poland moves to "ease" private antitrust enforcement. The other question to be investigated in this paper concerns the conditions to be met by Poland to enable to open the doors to private antitrust enforcement. Will we be forced to rethink the balance between public enforcement by competition authority and private sanctions enforced by common courts? Will we have to develop effective group proceedings? The requirements for effective private antitrust enforcement do not differ greatly from those for most EU Member States, thus I hope the article to be interesting also for international audience. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]