The Function of a Group Litigation in Compensation for the Losses of Anti-Competitive Practices (A Comparative Study in the Legal System of Iran, the European Union and the United States)

Document Type : Scientific Research

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1 Ph.D. in Private Law, Faculty of Law, University of Qom, Qom, Iran

2 Associate Professor, Department of Private Law, Qom University, Qom, Iran

Abstract

Group legislation is a tool to formulate micro-claims in a collective way. until the claim is left unanswered and public confidence in the judiciary will be strengthened. this tool by reducing costs, optimal use of time and efficiency of the judiciary facilitates people's access to their rights.  one of the most important problem of competitive claim is low interest of the people to make a claim. The most effective institution to solve this problem is Group legislation. among the legal systems raised in the field of competition law U.S law system has accepted competitive collective claims. EU paved the way with enacting directive 2014/104/EU. In Iran law system, despite numerous and ambiguous regulations in the case of collective litigation, the Law on the Implementation of general principles of article 44 of the constitution implicitly accepts a collective lawsuit to compensation for competitive losers.

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