Competition European Law

Category: R

  • Recovery of Fines

    Recovery of fines/periodic penalty paymentsAny decision imposing fines (for more background information, see Module on Prohibition Decisions) or periodic penalty payment (for more background information, see Module on Periodic Penalty Payment) already provides for the following in its opera…

  • Relieving an NCA of its competence

    Opening of proceedings by the Commission to relieve an NCA of its competenceThis section only concerns cases where the Commission wishes to initiate proceedings with a view to relieving an NCA of its competence in a pending case where the NCA is acting on the case and perhaps already envisa…

  • Requests for information in Cooperation

    Requests for information (Article 15(1) of Regulation 1/2003)The principles governing requests for information are explained in paras. 21 to 26 of the Notice. The following indications should be read in conjunction with the Notice.ResourcesSee AlsoReferencesIn…

  • Recovery of Fines rules

    Recovery of fines/periodic penalty payments: List of applicable rulesThe recovery of fines and periodic penalty payments (including the waiver of such recovery) is governed by a number of EU Budget rules, including: – The Financial Regulation 1</…

  • Removal of documents from the website

    Removal of documents from the websiteAlthough the addition of documents to the website is automated through case management applications, once documents have been published on the website, case management applications cannot be used to remove them.More about Removal of documents from th…

  • Requests for opinions in Cooperation

    Requests for an opinion on questions concerning the application of 101 or 102 TFEU (Article 15(1) of Regulation 1/2003)The principles governing requests for opinions are explained in paras. 27 to 30 of the Notice. The following indications should be read in conjunction with the Notice.R…

  • Recovery of fines waiver

    Waiver of the recovery of finesFines are imposed to be enforced. There may however be exceptional situations where fines cannot be recovered and may therefore be waived (for exceptional fine reductions/cancellations on inability to pay grounds see 1.2.1.2. above). The waiver of recovery of …

  • Replies Confidentiality

    Identification and protection of confidential information in the repliesPursuant to Article 16(2) of Regulation 773/2004, "any person which makes known its views pursuant to Article 6(1), Article 10(2) and Article 13(1) and (3) or subsequently submits further information to the Commiss…

  • Requests for opinions relating to DG Competition

    How are the requests for an opinion dealt with in DG Competition?a) Registration and allocation to competent unitMore about Requests for opinions relating to DG CompetitionRequests arrive electronically (preferably via the dedicated functional mailbox COMP-AMICUS) or via traditiona…

  • Reductions of fines

    Introductory: special features of the procedure for reductions of finesEvidence submitted by successive applicants is examined in the order in which it has been submitted. The largest band of reduction is awarded to the first undertaking to provide evidence representing significant added va…