Notice Contents

Article 27(4) Notice: Structure and contents

The main points to mention in a Article 27(4) Notice are: – summary of the facts; – the parties; – the relevant market; – the agreement/practice ; – the proposed course of action; – invitation for third party observations, including an explicit request for a non-confidential version of those observations; – deadline for observations: the deadline will usually be, and should not be less than, one month.

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References

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

Further Reading

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