Category: R
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Request for Information to Addressees inside the EEA
Addressees inside the EEAArticle 18(1) empowers the Commission to request information from undertakings and associations of undertakings. Requests can be sent to any undertaking or association of undertakings. This includes not only the undertakings or associations of undertakings subject t…
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Reason for opening proceedings
Reason for opening proceedingsThe opening (or "initiation") of proceedings is a formal act of the Commission. 1 More about Reason for opening proceedingsThe Commission will open proceedings under Article 11(6) of Regulation…
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Rejection on substantive grounds
Rejection on substantive groundsA rejection on substantive grounds will normally be based on the absence of evidence for an appreciable infringement. The conclusion is that there are insufficient grounds for acting on the complaint, in accordance with Article 7 of Regulation 773/2004.Re…
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Request for preliminary ruling
Request for preliminary ruling (article 267 TFEU) ("question préjudicielle")National courts frequently deal with questions involving EU law. They may then face difficult questions of interpretation of the relevant EU law or even have doubts as to the validity of that legisl…
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Receiving the application
Receiving the applicationUnder the 2006 Leniency Notice an undertaking applying for immunity may initially apply for a marker that protects its place in the queue for a period to be specified on a case-by-case basis in order to allow for the gathering of the necessary information and eviden…
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Rejections of complaints on substantive grounds
The special case of rejections of complaints on substantive groundsRejections of complaints on substantive grounds are rejections of complaints by which the Commission considers after an assessment of the known facts that the conduct complained of does not infringe Articles 101 or 102 TFEU….
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Requesting a oral hearing
Statement of Objections: Possibility to request a oral hearingThe cover letter should further indicate that the parties have the opportunity to develop their arguments at an oral hearing, if they so request in their written submissions. 1 <h3…
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Receiving the evidence
Initial contacts and receiving the evidence/applicationThe 2002 Leniency Notice does not prescribe how an undertaking must apply for a reduction of a fine. It is sufficient that the undertaking provides the Commission with evidence of significant added value. However, the 2006 Notice specif…
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Relations with the Hearing Officer
Relations with the Hearing Officer in commitment and cartel settlement proceedingsParties to the proceedings which offer commitments may call upon the HO at any time in order to ensure the effective exercise of their procedural rights (Article 15(1) of the HO Terms of Reference)More abo…
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Requests for extension
Reminders and requests for extensionIf so requested by the addressee, an extension of the time-limit may be granted. The addressee should provide the reasons for the request for the extension of the time-limit, sufficiently in advance to the expiry of the time limit, in writing (letter or e…