Competition European Law

Month: October 2014

  • Written Reply to the Statement of Objections

    Complainants may make known their views in writingPursuant to Article 6(1) of Reg. 773/2004, "Where the Commission issues a statement of objections relating to a matter in respect of which it has received a complaint, it shall provide the complainant with a copy of the non-confidential…

  • Written procedure Proposal

    Deciding whether to propose the written procedureThe Commission shall assess whether or not to propose to NCAs a written procedure, taking account of the likely efficiency gains for both NCAs and the Commission, having regard to the nature of the case, the type of draft decision being consi…

  • Written procedure

    Written procedureThe written procedure is generally used for all measures which must be adopted directly by the College itself, but which do not require a debate in the College.More about Written procedurePrior approval of the Legal Service and agreement of the Directorates-General…

  • Written consultation process

    The written consultation processIn a consultation conducted under the written procedure, it would be sufficient to submit to the Advisory Committee a simple list of key questions.More about Written consultation processThe Advisory Committee members may make any observations in writ…

  • Working languages

    Internal procedural languages ("Working languages")In practice, it is impractical to work internally in all the official languages. Therefore, internally, the Commission works in only three procedural languages, English, French and German (so-called "working languages"),…

  • Withdrawal of objections

    Statement of Objections: Withdrawal of objections and the closing procedureIt may happen that as a result of the analysis of a party's reply to the SO and/or other information obtained after it, the objections will be withdrawn and the procedure against the addressee in question stopped…

  • Withdrawal of evidence

    Withdrawal of evidence after rejection of immunityRequest to retrieve evidence: According to point 20 of the Leniency Notice, in case of a rejection of an immunity application the applicant may withdraw the evidence it has submitted to the Commission for the purposes of its immunity applica…

  • Website Corrigenda

    Publication of Decisions: Website CorrigendaIn case an adopted decision contains mistakes, corrections will be implemented following the relevant procedure.More about Website CorrigendaThe non-confidential version of the formal corrigendum decision should be published in its entire…

  • Web search

    Web searchA search on the DG Competition internet site (antitrust web-pages) is possible via the recently installed search tool http://ec.europa.eu/geninfo/query/advSearch-en.jsp. A search can also be made through the following link: http://ec.europa.eu/competition/antitrust/cases/index.htm…

  • Waiver of the recovery of fines Procedure

    Adoption procedure of the decision to waive the recovery of finesThe draft decision to waive the recovery of a fine has to be approved by the Legal Service and by DG Budget. The adoption of the decision will be with the written procedure.ResourcesSee AlsoReferences</h3…