Acknowledgement of receipt

Acknowledgement of receipt

Timing: After the immunity application has been filed and a case number has been obtained (see Section 4.2 above), if so requested by the undertaking, DG Competition will acknowledge receipt of the application. This should preferably occur on the first working day after receipt of such request. In case of an oral application, it is recommended that the case team does not wait until the oral statement has been transcribed.

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Letter acknowledging receipt of the application: The acknowledgement is made by a letter. The acknowledgement of receipt confirms the date on which the undertaking submitted the information and evidence and, where appropriate, the time of the application (e.g. if several applications have been received in a short interval).

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Addressee: The acknowledgement can be addressed either to the applicant or, providing that the necessary power of attorney has been submitted, to its lawyer.

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Notification/sending of the letter in case of an oral application: In case of an oral application, if so requested by the applicant, the acknowledgement of receipt will not be sent but will be notified to the applicant or its lawyer at the Commission's premises. The applicant or its lawyer will have to sign a minute stating that the undertaking has been duly notified 1 .

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A separate acknowledgement of receipt should be prepared for each supplement of evidence received. If requested by the undertaking, an acknowledgment of receipt is prepared also for supplements of evidence it provides. If there are several new submissions made in a short timeframe, the acknowledgement of receipt can cover such several submissions. In that case, it is recommended that the acknowledgement of receipt specifies the date of receipt for each submission.

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References

• Information about Acknowledgement of receipt in the Antitrust Manual of Procedures for the application of Articles 101 and 102 TFEU (Internal DG Competition)

Notes

[Note 1] The same applies to the decision granting conditional immunity. See Section 4.4.2 below.

Further Reading

• Information about Acknowledgement of receipt in “An Introduction to EU Competition Law”, Moritz Lorenz (Cambridge University Press)

Acknowledgement of receipt

Timing: After the application has been filed, if so requested by the undertaking, DG Competition will acknowledge receipt of the application for a reduction of fine and of any subsequent submissions of evidence. The acknowledgement will be made either to the applicant or its lawyer (check that a power of attorney has been received).

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The letter and its notification: The acknowledgement is made by a letter signed by the responsible Director and it will confirm the date and, where appropriate, time of each submission. In case of an oral application, the procedure for notification of the acknowledgement of receipt is the same as for oral applications (see paragraph (83) above).

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References

• Information about Acknowledgement of receipt in the Antitrust Manual of Procedures for the application of Articles 101 and 102 TFEU (Internal DG Competition)

Further Reading

• Information about Acknowledgement of receipt in EU Competition Procedure, 3rd. Edition, Edited by Luis Ortiz Blanco (Oxford University Press)