Competition European Law

Category: I

  • Investigative measures

    Investigative measuresRequest for information may be addressed directly to companies based in the EFTA territory. The same format as for companies inside the EU can be used. The ESA shall receive a copy of such request or decision.More about Investigative measuresThe Commission can…

  • Inquiries on availability of immunity

    Inquiries on availability of immunity or markerIn accordance with the Leniency Notice DG COMP is required immediately to inform an undertaking wishing to apply for immunity if it becomes apparent that immunity from fines would not be available for the suspected infringement.More about I…

  • Invitations sent to the Advisory Committee

    Invitations and file to be sent to the Advisory CommitteeThe invitation to the Advisory Committee meeting and of the agenda of the meeting, as well as the file, are sent to: – the Member States; – the EFTA Surveillance Authority, if the draft decision affects the EEA.ResourcesS…

  • Inquiry on business secrets to the parties

    Article 27(4) Notice: Inquiry on business secrets to the partiesA copy of the draft Article 27(4) Notice is to be sent to the parties, asking them to identify business secrets (pursuant to Article 16 of Regulation 773/2004), and to rectify any material errors of fact. The parties are not co…

  • 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…