Correspondence with the complainants

Correspondence with the complainants and leniency applicants

Pursuant to Art. 2 of Regulation 1/58, the reply and the subsequent correspondence addressed to the complainant will be in the language of their complaint, even if this is not the language of the Member State where they are located. This applies as far as the complaint is in one of the EU official languages and the complainant has not agreed to another EU language by way of a language waiver.

More about Correspondence with the complainants

The language used for filing the leniency application should be the authentic language of the proceedings (subject to any language waiver that has been granted). As a matter of courtesy, some immunity/leniency applicants accept receiving questions in English even if they reply in another language.

Resources

See Also

References

• Information about Correspondence with the complainants in the Antitrust Manual of Procedures for the application of Articles 101 and 102 TFEU (Internal DG Competition)

Further Reading

• Information about Correspondence with the complainants in EU Competition Procedure, 3rd. Edition, Edited by Luis Ortiz Blanco (Oxford University Press)