Tag: Choice of the decision-making procedure
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Written procedure
Written procedureThe written procedure is generally used for all measures which must be adopted directly by the College itself, but which do not require a debate in the College.More about Written procedurePrior approval of the Legal Service and agreement of the Directorates-General…
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Measures delegated by the Commission to the Hearing Officers
Measures delegated by the Commission to the Hearing OfficersIn the framework of the Decision of the President of the European Commission of 13 October 2011 on the function and terms of reference of the hearing officer in certain competition proceedings <a name=t1 href=#f1 target="_self…
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Measures of pure administration
Measures of pure administration ("de pure gestion")Measures of pure administration are not decisions, submitted to a formal adoption procedure, but are issued by the services of DG COMP according to the internal division of tasks without involvement of the Legal Service or other d…
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Measures reserved to the College
Measures reserved to the CollegeAll final decisions on substance (including interim measures) and/or decisions of principle implying a wide margin of appreciation are reserved to the College. Those acts cannot be delegated. To these Commission acts belong: – all Commission decisions finding…
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Measures sub-delegated by the Competition Commissioner to the Director General
Measures sub-delegated by the Competition Commissioner to the Director GeneralBy decision of 27 May 2004 (PH/2004/769) 1 the Competition Commissioner has sub-delegated to the Director General the following powers which are granted to him in …
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Oral procedure
Oral procedureIf the Competition Commissioner considers, after having consulted the President of the Commission, that in view of their economic or political importance the measures in issue should be debated, the oral procedure is used.ResourcesSee AlsoReferences<…
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Empowerment of the Competition Commissioner
Empowerment of the Competition CommissionerBy various Commission decisions, the Competition Commissioner has been empowered to adopt a series of acts. When adopting acts by empowerment reference must be made to the empowerment decision which specifically refers to the act to be adopted <a n…
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Empowerments relating to the Leniency Notices
Empowerments relating to the Leniency NoticesThere exist three different Leniency Notices, adopted respectively in 1996, 2002 and 2006. Depending on the transitional rules they contain, all of them could still apply. As stated above [point (17)], all final decisions on immunity or leniency …
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Empowerments relating to the United States and Canada
Empowerments relating to the co-operation with the United States and CanadaIn the framework of the cooperation with the United States and Canada, the Competition Commissioner is empowered to adopt the following acts: (a) requests to the competition authorities of the United States and of Ca…
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Ad hoc empowerment
Ad hoc empowermentThe empowerments listed in subsections 2.2.1 to 2.2.3 are "general", in the sense that they apply to categories of acts. However, a Commissioner can also be empowered to adopt a specific act in a specific case.More about Ad hoc empowermentSuch "ad h…