Category: L

  • Legal Service

    Legal Service in the Closure of ProceedingsThe Legal Service should be consulted on the proposal to close the case on the basis of the draft decision.More about Legal ServiceIn cases of partial closure, the consultation may be done at the same time as the consultation on the rest o…

  • Legal Service Relations

    Features common to all types of legal actions: Relations with Legal Service (LS)For all Court cases, the Legal Service represents the Commission. It is therefore the responsibility of the LS to draft the various written pleadings in a case and to notify them to the Court, to present the ora…

  • Leniency applications

    Dealing with leniency applications. IntroductionThis manual provides case-handlers with practical guidance for the procedure in dealing with immunity and reduction of fine applications (hereinafter jointly called as leniency applications). The manual is a living document which is frequently…

  • Leniency Applications Inquiries

    Dedicated fax and phone numbersAn undertaking wishing to apply for leniency is required to contact the Commission's Directorate- General for Competition. A dedicated fax number has been established for this purpose and it is published on the Commission's web-site (http://europa.eu.i…

  • Leniency Applications Internal organization

    Leniency Applications Internal organizationAll immunity applications should be addressed to and dealt with by the Cartels Directorate – Directorate G.ResourcesSee AlsoReferencesInformation about Leniency Applications Internal organization in the Antitrust Manu…

  • Leniency applications Legal basis

    Dealing with leniency applications Legal basis2006 Leniency Notice: The Commission's current policy on leniency applications is described in the 2006 Commission notice on immunity from fines and reduction of fines in cartel cases (the "2006 Leniency Notice") <a name=t1 href=#f…

  • Letter of facts

    New Facts after Statement of Objections: Letter of factsOn the other hand, if new information only corroborates the objections already raised against the undertaking(s), i.e. if further evidence is brought forward in support of the objections already set out in the SO, it is sufficient to b…

  • 2002 Leniency Notice

    The 2002 Leniency NoticeThe Competition Commissioner has been granted the following empowerments in relation to the application of the 2002 Leniency Notice: – empowerment for informing the undertaking that the nature and content of the evidence that it proposes to disclose at a later stage …

  • 2006 Leniency Notice

    The 2006 Leniency NoticeBy decision of 4 April 2007 (PV(2007)1783, SEC(2007)439), the Commission empowered the Competition Commissioner to adopt the following decisions in relation to the application of the 2006 Leniency Notice: – to inform the companies that the evidence described which th…