Principle of presumption of innocence

Non-Confidential version of the Decision Contents: Principle of presumption of innocence

As established by the General Court in case T-474/04 Pergan, findings relating to an infringement by any third parties who may have participated in the infringement but who are not mentioned in the operative part of the decision must be removed from the published version of the decision.

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In general, the adopted version of the decision should avoid references to any such undertakings, in particular in the Commission's narratives. It is however possible that, e.g. quoted documents, such as price tables found during inspections, contain names of undertakings that may have participated in the infringement but which is not mentioned in the operative part.

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References

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

Further Reading

• Information about Principle of presumption of innocence in EU Competition Procedure, 3rd. Edition, Edited by Luis Ortiz Blanco (Oxford University Press)