Disclosure of Evidence in Central and Eastern European Countries in Light of the Implementation of the Damages Directive
Journal Title: Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies - Year 2017, Vol 10, Issue 15
Abstract
The article looks primarily at the material comprised in the volume edited by A.Piszcz, Implementation of the EU Damages Directive in Central and Eastern European Countries published in 2017and based on that compares aspects of the disclosure of evidence issue in Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia.The purpose of this article is to look into how the process for the disclosure of evidence has evolved in eleven countries of the European Union in light of Directive 2014/104/EU. The article looks at six key issues with regard to disclosure of evidence in light of Directive 2014/104/EU: general procedural issues; procedure for the submission of evidence; criteria for the disclosure of evidence; restrictions on the disclosure of evidence; disclosure of evidence by parties other than the defendant; and consequences of the failure to comply with arequest to submit evidence. The article relies on primary data from eleven EU countries from Central and Eastern Europe.
Authors and Affiliations
Inese Druviete, Jūlija Jerņeva, Aravamudhan Ulaganathan Ravindran
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- DOI 10.7172/1689-9024.YARS.2017.10.15.10
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