Confidentiality Claim Scope Legal Framework

Legal Framework

The protection of confidential information is in principal assured by the classification itself pursuant to Article 27(2) Reg. 1/2003 and Article 15(2) and 16(1) Reg. 773/2004 as well as by the obligation of professional secrecy, which obliges the Commission not to disclose information in its possession covered by the obligation of professional secrecy pursuant to Article 28 of Reg. 1/2003 and Art. 339 TFEU. 1

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See Also

References

• Information about Confidentiality Claim Scope Legal Framework in the Antitrust Manual of Procedures for the application of Articles 101 and 102 TFEU (Internal DG Competition)

Notes

[Note 1] Neither Article 339 TFEU nor Regulation 1/2003 explicitly indicates what information apart from business secrets is covered by the obligation of professional secrecy, but see case-law below.

Further Reading

• Information about Confidentiality Claim Scope Legal Framework in “An Introduction to EU Competition Law”, Moritz Lorenz (Cambridge University Press)