Category: D
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Decision requiring information principles
General principles and contentPursuant to Article 18(3) of Reg. 1/2003, the Commission can directly adopt a decision requiring the information to be supplied by companies located in the EEA. It is not necessary to send a request for information according to Art 18 (2) before proceeding to t…
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Draft Decision Consultation
Consultation on the draft decisionThe Competition Commissioner has been empowered to decide on behalf of the Commission to send the draft decision to the Advisory Committee. This requires to seek the prior agreement of the Legal Service and to give other interested services the opportunity …
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Decision requiring information with penalty
Decision requiring information and imposing periodic penalty paymentsThe procedure is composed of two phases (for more details see also the Module on Periodic Penalty Payments): First phase: first decision requiring information imposing (provisional) penalty payments in its operative part<h…
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Draft Decision Consultation with other DGs
Seeking the views of other DGsIn line with the Rules of Procedure of the Commission, DG Competition shall also give "other departments with legitimate interest" in the draft decision the opportunity to express their views.More about Draft Decision Consultation with other DGs</…
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Decision-making powers of the Hearing Officer
Decision-making powers of the Hearing OfficerThe Hearing Officer has been granted decision-making powers with regards to the following issues (other than issues relating to the oral hearing, for which reference is made to section 4 below) : – in the investigation phase, decisions on extensi…
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Draft Decision Consultation with the LS
Consultation of the LSThe LS receives the draft decision for consultation.More about Draft Decision Consultation with the LSIn accordance with Article 23-4.2 of the Implementing Rules Giving Effect to the Rules of Procedure of the Commission, the LS should be granted at least 10 wo…
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Decision-Making Principles
Decision-Making PrinciplesBefore draft measures are adopted by the College under the oral or written procedure those draft measures must be submitted to an inter-service consultation of the "departments with a legitimate interest in the draft text" (Article 23(3) of the Rules of P…
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Draft Decision Translations
TranslationsAt the adoption stage, the draft decision will have to be available in the 3 working languages of the Commission and, where applicable, in the other authentic languages of the case.More about Draft Decision TranslationsThe translation service should therefore be asked t…
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Decision-Making Principles Sources
Decision-Making Principles SourcesThe way in which the Commission operates and takes decisions is set out – in the Rules of Procedure of the Commission of 24.2.2010 (C(2010)1200 final) 1 (hereinafter the 'Rules of Procedure'); the Ru…
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Decisions of principle
Decisions of principle: oral or written procedureAll decisions of principle involving a margin of political discretion or appreciation must be adopted by the College through oral or written procedure. Such decisions of principle cannot be delegated to individual Commissioners and even less …