Hearing Preparatory steps

Oral Hearing Preparatory steps

Invitations are sent by the Hearing Officer.

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Article 11 of the HO Terms of Reference provides that the Hearing Officer shall take all appropriate measures to ensure the proper preparation of the hearing.

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In this respect, the Hearing Officer may, after consulting the Director responsible, supply in advance to the parties invited to the hearing a list of the questions on which s/he wishes them to make known their views. The Hearing Officer may also indicate to the persons invited to the hearing the focal areas for debate, having regard in particular to the facts and issues that the addressees of an SO want to raise.

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In addition, after consulting the Director responsible, the Hearing Officer may hold a meeting with the parties invited to the hearing and, where appropriate, the Commission staff, in order to prepare for the hearing itself.

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The Hearing Officer may also ask for prior written notification of the essential contents of the intended statement of persons, whom the parties invited to the hearing have indicated will speak.

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The Hearing Officer may set a time limit for all persons invited to the hearing to provide a list of participants who will attend the hearing. The list should be made available by the Hearing Officer in due time before the hearing.

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References

• Information about Hearing Preparatory steps in the Antitrust Manual of Procedures for the application of Articles 101 and 102 TFEU (Internal DG Competition)

Further Reading

• Information about Hearing Preparatory steps in EU Competition Procedure, 3rd. Edition, Edited by Luis Ortiz Blanco (Oxford University Press)