Article 12 of Regulation 1/2003

Article 12 of Regulation 1/2003

Article 12 allows the NCAs to ask the Commission to provide them with information. In principle, the Commission should accede to such request unless there are compelling reasons to refuse.

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The request can refer to any kind of information: documents, statements, digital information. It is normally not necessary for the Commission to verify, assess and decide on the confidentiality of information before transferring it to another competition authority. The confidential nature of the information does not constitute an obstacle to its transmission to another Network member, with the exception of the specific rules and conditions applying to the treatment of information relating to leniency applications. In this latter respect, it must be remembered that the Commission can only transmit information received under a leniency programme if the conditions of paragraphs 40 and/or 41 of the Network notice are respected. For more information on the treatment of leniency cases, see also the relevant module.

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References

• Information about Article 12 of Regulation 1/2003 in the Antitrust Manual of Procedures for the application of Articles 101 and 102 TFEU (Internal DG Competition)

Further Reading

• Information about Article 12 of Regulation 1/2003 in EU Competition Procedure, 3rd. Edition, Edited by Luis Ortiz Blanco (Oxford University Press)