Competition European Law

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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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Advisory Committee Meetings Follow Up

    Member States may make comments on the preliminary draft decision and ask questions to the Commission. Follow up of meetingsAt the end of the meeting, the Advisory Committee adopts an opinion (in English generally), normally signed by the nominated NCA representatives present. The Secretari…

  • Assessment against priorities

    Guidance Letters and Request: Assessment against prioritiesThe unit in charge of the request should also make a first assessment of whether the issuing of a guidance letter is appropriate in the light of the enforcement priorities. For this purpose the priority-setting principles can be app…

  • Acts for which no prior information of other services is required

    Acts for which no prior information of other services is requiredFor a number of measures to be adopted by empowerment or sub-delegation no prior information of other services is foreseen (with the exception of the Legal Service which must always be asked for prior approval).More about …

  • Advisory Committee Opinion

    Follow-up of the Advisory Committee's opinion if changes requiredPursuant to Article 14(5) of Regulation No 1/2003, "the Commission shall take the utmost account of the opinion of the Advisory Committee" and "inform the Committee of the manner in which its opinion has bee…

  • Authentic language

    Publication in the Official Journal: Languages requiredThe non-confidential version of the decision is published on the DG Competition website in the authentic language(s) of the case.More about Authentic languageIn addition, the decision adopted by the College should be published …

  • Actual publication Practicalities

    Practicalities of the actual publicationThis section deals with the technicalities of publishing the relevant text in the Official Journal and on the website.ResourcesSee AlsoReferencesInformation about Actual publication Practicalities in the Antitrust Manual…

  • Advisory Committee Oral procedure

    Oral procedureThe oral procedure takes the form of a meeting of the Advisory Committee. Where the written procedure has not been explicitly decided upon, the oral procedure will be organized by default.ResourcesSee AlsoReferencesInformation about Advisory Comm…