55It must be borne in mind that, in adopting Directive 2014/104, the EU legislature started from the finding that combating anticompetitive conduct on an initiative taken by the public sphere, that is to say, the Commission and the national competition authorities, was not sufficient to ensure full compliance with Articles 101 and 102 TFEU and that it was important to facilitate the possibility, for the private sphere, of helping to achieve that objective, as recital 6 of that directive illustrates.
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