Category: A
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Access to information
Access to information outside the Commission's investigation fileAccess to file only extends to accessible documents emanating from the investigation conducted against the addressee(s) of the Statement of Objections. Normally, only documents in the Commission's investigation file ar…
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Advisory Committee Meeting
Meeting of the Advisory CommitteeThe meeting is chaired by Directorate A (either at Director or Head of Unit level). The case team must be available 15 minutes before the meeting in order to brief the interpreters about the case.More about Advisory Committee MeetingThe Chairman cha…
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Article 18 letters
Article 18 lettersAs regards Art. 18 (2) letters, simple requests for information letters, it is standard practice, to send the cover letter in the language of the addressee's location or in English (including a reference to Art. 3 Regulation 1) and to attach the questionnaire in Englis…
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Access to Parties' replies
Access to Parties' replies to the Statement of ObjectionsThe Notice on access to file specifically provides for that as a general rule no access will be granted to other parties' replies to the Statement of Objections 1 . The EU Court…
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Advisory Committee Meetings
Purpose of the meetingThree types of topics can be discussed: – draft Commission decisions (as listed above) in individual cases (Article 14(1) of Regulation No 1/2003); for individual cases in which fines are imposed, there will often be two Advisory Committees, one discussing the substanc…
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Article 24(2) decision Adoption Procedure
Procedure for the adoption of an Article 24(2) decisionAs soon as the time-limit for complying with the first decision has expired, a letter signed by the Director is sent to the undertaking reminding it of the financial consequences of the noncompliance with the decision.More about Art…
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Acknowledgement of receipt
Acknowledgement of receiptTiming: 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 …
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Advisory Committee meetings Date
Date of the meetingsThe consultation may take place at a meeting convened and chaired by the Commission, held not earlier than 14 days (a shorter period can be set in the absence of an objection by any Member State) after dispatch of the notice convening it, together with: – a summary of th…
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Article 27(4) Publication
Article 27(4) PublicationWhere there is an intention to adopt an Article 10 decision, pursuant to Article 27(4) of Regulation 1/2003, the Commission must publish a concise summary of the case and the main content of the proposed course of action (Article 27(4) Notice).More about Article…
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Action for annulment
Action for annulment (article 263 TFEU) ("recours en annulation")This is by far the most frequent type of proceedings. In such a case, an applicant is asking the General Court to annul an act of the EU institutions (in general either because of a procedural irregularity or because…