Documents emanating from a different case file
Documents emanating from a different case file
According to Article 28 (1) Regulation 1/2003, the information collected may be used only for the purpose for which it was acquired.
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Investigations which are conducted on different markets or against different companies and which are not related (i.e. investigations into distinct infringements) lead normally to different case files set up under distinct case numbers.
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For extending the use of information for another purpose than for which it was originally acquired, the case-team may ask the provider of information for supplying the information for this other identified purpose.
Other Considerations
Companies concerned by an investigation may sometimes request access to information acquired in the course of a different investigation. Access is however denied if a document has no relevance for an addressee of the Statement of Objections because it is objectively unrelated to the objections addressed to it. 1
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References
- Information about Documents emanating from a different case file in the Antitrust Manual of Procedures for the application of Articles 101 and 102 TFEU (Internal DG Competition)
Notes
[Note 1] Joined cases C-204/00 P e.a., Aalborg Portland e.a. [2004] ECR I-123, para. 126-128
Further Reading
- Information about Documents emanating from a different case file in “An Introduction to EU Competition Law”, Moritz Lorenz (Cambridge University Press)