Competition European Law

Category: I

  • Involvement of other services

    Involvement of other servicesArticle 23(1) of the Rules of Procedure foresees that the Commission departments work in close co-operation and in coordinated fashion from the outset in the preparation or implementation of Commission decisions. Article 23(2) specifies that effective cooperatio…

  • Inspections

    InspectionsInspections occur in the official language of the Member State where the undertaking is located. When the company is situated in a bilingual territory (eg. Finland or the Brussels bilingual region in Belgium), the rules set out above apply.ResourcesSee AlsoR…

  • Involvement of other Services prior to the adoption of measures

    Involvement of other Services prior to the adoption of measures under the empowerment and sub-delegation proceduresWith regard to measures adopted under the empowerment procedure granted in the field Competition, since the first empowerment decision of 1965 other Commission services than th…

  • Instruments of cooperation

    Agreements with third countries and other instruments of cooperationThe EU has concluded numerous agreements with third countries which lay down provisions on cooperation if the EU enforcement activities affect important interests of these countries. The provisions vary largely, depending o…

  • Involvement of services other than the Legal Service

    Involvement of services other than the Legal ServiceThe extent of the involvement of Services other than the LS depends on the type of acts to be adopted. Each decision having empowered the Commissioner for Competition to adopt certain acts specifies the involvement of Services other than t…

  • Issues of cooperation raised during/by a case dealt with by DG COMP

    Issues of cooperation raised during/by a case dealt with by DG COMPThe Commission has undertaken to inform the other Network members on the important procedural steps in its cases by means of submitting new case 'fiches', envisaged decision 'fiches' (at the stage when the dr…

  • Interim Measures Application

    Application of interim measuresThe Commission cannot take interim measures "without having regard to the legitimate interests of the undertaking concerned 1 ". In other words, the Commission must respect the right to be heard of the…

  • Informal contacts

    Informal contactsSome NCAs consult DG Competition already prior to the formal consultation obligations on their cases, e.g. in ECN sector subgroups or bilaterally. The ECN unit should always be kept informed about such discussions. If a policy line is to be taken in these informal contacts,…

  • Interim Measures Conditions

    Interim Measures: ConditionsAccording to case law 1 previous to Regulation 1/2003, interim measures could only be granted provided the following conditions were fulfilled: – the impugned practices had to be prima facie breaches of the EU com…

  • Informal fact-finding

    Informal fact-findingInformation about companies and industries, current and historical news, legal and economic literature as well as statistics can be obtained from external commercial databases or through DG Competition Library's collections and resources. If necessary, specific stud…