Category: I
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Interim Measures Urgency
Interim Measures: UrgencyRegulation 1/2003 provides that interim measures should only be granted in cases of urgency due to the risk of serious and irreparable harm to competition.More about Interim Measures UrgencyIn order to qualify as "urgent", the case must call for i…
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Information about the closure of the case
Information about the Administrative Closure of the FileWhenever there had been a formal initiation of proceedings or a submission of a formal complaint, parties and/or complainants will be informed of the outcome of the case (for example by receiving a prohibition decision, a commitment de…
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Internal documents
Internal documentsInternal documents can be neither incriminating nor exculpatory. They do not constitute part of the evidence on which the Commission can rely in its assessment of a case. Given their lack of evidential value, this restriction on access to internal documents does not prejud…
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Information of departments
"Information" of "departments primarily responsible for the products, services or policy areas in issue"Prior to the exercise of the most important empowerments and sub-delegations COMP must "inform" the Directorates-General "primarily responsible for the …
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Interventions
InterventionsThis is not a distinct form of action in itself. With such a procedure, a party having an interest in the outcome a pending case can intervene in the case in support of the applicant or the defendant. The intervention must first be authorised by the Court.Resources…
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Information of the Member States
Information of the Member StatesMember States are informed of the decision to close proceedings.ResourcesSee AlsoReferencesInformation about Information of the Member States in the Antitrust Manual of Procedures for the application of Articles 101 and 102 TFEU…
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Interview Questions
Questions to be asked during the interviewAs explained above, all questions asked during the interview must relate to the subject matter of an investigation.More about Interview QuestionsTaking into account that the interviewee is not obliged to actively cooperate with the Commissi…
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Information Requested
Information which can be requestedPursuant to Article 18, the Commission may require undertakings and associations of undertakings to provide all necessary information. Information is necessary if it might enable the Commission to verify the existence of the alleged infringement referred to…
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Interview warnings
Warnings at the beginning of the interviewBefore the interview begins, the interviewer is obliged to draw the attention of the interviewee to the following issues (for example, by reading out the statement he is required to sign at the end of the interview): – the legal basis of the intervi…
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Informing the applicant
Informing the applicant in acknowledgement of receipt that immunity is not availableIf it is possible to determine immediately and without assessing the evidence submitted by the applicant that immunity is not available, for instance because conditional immunity has already been granted to …