Author: Paul Moore
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Statement of Objections Language regime
Statement of Objections Language regimeThe addressee of an SO has the right to receive all the correspondence, including the SO and the final decision, in the language or one of the languages of the Member State of its location following the general rules of the national legislation in ques…
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Statement of Objections Adoption
Statement of Objections: Adoption by the CommissionerThe SO is adopted by the Competition Commissioner under the empowerment procedure, once the agreement of the LS and of the President have been obtained.ResourcesSee AlsoReferencesInformation about Statement …
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Sending the requests for information
Sending the requests for informationRequests for information are normally signed by or on behalf of the Head of Unit or casemanager.More about Sending the requests for informationIt is advisable to send the request by fax or e-mail, if channels of communication with the addressee h…
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Statement of Objections access to file
Statement of Objections: Information on access to fileThe cover letter sending the SO should mention that the parties have a right to access to the file 1 and the arrangements proposed for that (see detailed description in the Module Access …
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Settlement procedure
Settlement procedure (Article 15 Reg. 773/2004): Access to relevant informationAccording to Article 15(1a) of Regulation 773/2004: "After the initiation of proceedings pursuant to Article 11(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 and in order to enable the parties willing to introduce settlem…
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Scope of the publication
Scope of the publication of the DecisionThe Commission has a long established practice to publish its final antitrust decisions on DG Competition's website in order to ensure transparency, predictability and legal certainty, even though the Commission is under no legal obligation to do …
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Scope of the investigation after opening of proceedings
Possibility to change the scope of the investigation after opening of proceedingsThe opening of proceedings does not limit the right of the Commission to extend (or reduce) the scope and/or the addressees of the investigation at a later point in time; e.g. the in-depth investigation or a re…
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Statement of Objections Substantive Conditions
Statement of Objections Substantive Conditions. General rules and citation of evidenceArticle 27(1) of Regulation 1/2003 provides that the Commission must base its decisions only on objections on which the parties concerned have been able to comment. <a name=t1 href=#f1 target="_self&q…
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Statement of Objections Notification
Notification of Statement of Objections to addresseesAn SO is addressed and notified individually to each party by the Secretariat General ("SG") together with the cover letter explaining the rights of the addressees (see further here below Section 6).More about Statement of O…
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Statement of Objections Deadline for Reply Extension
Statement of Objections Deadline for Reply ExtensionIf a party considers that the deadline is too short, it can seek an extension, within the initial time-limit, by making a reasoned request to DG Competition at least 10 working days before the expiry of the original time limit. <a name=t1 …