Tag: Cooperation with ESA
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Investigative measures
Investigative measuresRequest for information may be addressed directly to companies based in the EFTA territory. The same format as for companies inside the EU can be used. The ESA shall receive a copy of such request or decision.More about Investigative measuresThe Commission can…
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Languages
LanguagesAs regards languages, undertakings have the right to address the Commission, and be addressed by it, in any official language of the EU or the EFTA States which they chose.ResourcesSee AlsoReferencesInformation about Languages in the Antitrust Manual …
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EEA Agreement
The EEA AgreementParties to the EEA Agreement are all EU Member States and the EFTA Members Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway (Switzerland has not ratified the EEA Agreement). The objective of the Agreement, which entered into force on 1 January 1994, is to establish a dynamic and homogeneo…
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ESA Competence
ESA CompetenceIf a case needs to be transmitted to ESA for reasons of competence, a corresponding decision must be taken by the Commissioner, who has received an empowerment to this effect (Commission's decision of 6 April 1994, PV (1196) adopting SEC (94) 571, point 1.b). Once this dec…
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Cooperation between the surveillance authorities
Cooperation between the surveillance authoritiesThe EEA Agreement obliges the competent enforcement authority to cooperate with the respective other authority when it applies the competition rules of the Agreement. Cooperation in general means information and consultation. As the Commission…
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Determination of competence
Determination of competenceThe division of competence between the Commission and the ESA is dealt with in Article 56 of the EEA Agreement, which reads as follows: "1. Individual cases falling under Article 53 shall be decided upon by the surveillance authorities in accordance with the …
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Commission competence
Commission competenceTherefore, in cases falling under Articles 101 of the TFEU and 53 of the EEA Agreement, the Commission will be competent for the case and take a decision for the whole of the EEA territory.More about Commission competenceWhere there is only affectation of trade…