Competition European Law

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  • Measures of administration

    Measures of pure administrationA third category of measures are the so-called measures of pure administration ('mesures de pure gestion'). Measures of pure administration are routine measures of a technical nature and/or with no legal consequences and therefore not covered by the pr…

  • Measures of management

    Measures of management and administration: empowerment, sub-delegation and direct delegationA category of measures to be distinguished from the decisions of principle are the so-called measures of management or administration ('mesures de gestion ou d'administration'). This cate…

  • Measures of pure administration

    Measures of pure administration ("de pure gestion")Measures of pure administration are not decisions, submitted to a formal adoption procedure, but are issued by the services of DG COMP according to the internal division of tasks without involvement of the Legal Service or other d…

  • Measures reserved to the College

    Measures reserved to the CollegeAll final decisions on substance (including interim measures) and/or decisions of principle implying a wide margin of appreciation are reserved to the College. Those acts cannot be delegated. To these Commission acts belong: – all Commission decisions finding…

  • Measures sub-delegated by the Competition Commissioner to the Director General

    Measures sub-delegated by the Competition Commissioner to the Director GeneralBy decision of 27 May 2004 (PH/2004/769) 1 the Competition Commissioner has sub-delegated to the Director General the following powers which are granted to him in …

  • Mission of the ECN Unit

    Mission of the ECN Unit in Directorate AThe ECN unit gives guidance to case-handlers on all aspects of Regulation 1/2003, of the Commission implementing Regulation No 773/2004 1 and of the related instruments, as regards the functioning of t…

  • Monitoring cease and desist orders

    Monitoring cease and desist orders (Art. 7(1) Reg .1/2003)Most prohibition decisions include a so-called "cease and desist order", i.e. an injunction to stop or not to repeat the same or a similar illegal conduct 1 . Unless specifie…

  • Monitoring of binding commitments

    Monitoring of binding commitments (Article 9 of Regulation 1/2003)Where the Commission intends to adopt a decision requiring that an infringement be brought to an end and the undertakings concerned offer commitments to meet the concerns expressed to them by the Commission in its preliminary…

  • Monitoring of NCA cases

    Monitoring of cases on the basis of closed case ficheThe monitoring of cases which NCAs finally close is done jointly by the ECN unit and the sectoral unit concerned.More about Monitoring of NCA casesFor cases closed after the submission of an envisaged decision, particular attenti…

  • Main types of legal actions

    Main types of legal actionsIn non-technical terms, the TFEU provides for a number of possible legal actions before the European Courts. The following paragraphs give an idea of the most relevant ones in relation to an antitrust case.ResourcesSee AlsoReferences…