Tag: Immediate Applications
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Supplementing the application
Supplementing the application before a decision on conditional immunitySo long as no other immunity application has been received in respect of the same facts, the application may be supplemented by further evidence. The applicant bears the risk of not getting conditional immunity if anothe…
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Taking position on immunity application
Taking position on immunity application and establishing first priority assessment – a note to the CommissionerTiming: The Commission will endeavour to take position on an immunity application in a short timeframe. However, the time needed will depend on the complexity of the case. For inst…
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Unmeritorious cases
No action / non-processing letter (unmeritorious cases)Non-processing letters: Case dealt with a NCA: When a national competition authority has received a parallel application in a case that is national in scope and is willing to pursue the case, a "non-processing" letter could be…
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Withdrawal of evidence
Withdrawal of evidence after rejection of immunityRequest to retrieve evidence: According to point 20 of the Leniency Notice, in case of a rejection of an immunity application the applicant may withdraw the evidence it has submitted to the Commission for the purposes of its immunity applica…
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Outline of the procedure
Outline of the procedureOnce the application has been received, the first step should be to prepare a written acknowledgement of receipt (if the applicant so requests) (see Section 4.3.2 below).More about Outline of the procedureSecond step is to verify whether the evidence submitt…
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Informing the applicant
Informing the applicant in acknowledgement of receipt that immunity is not availableIf it is possible to determine immediately and without assessing the evidence submitted by the applicant that immunity is not available, for instance because conditional immunity has already been granted to …
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Acknowledgement of receipt
Acknowledgement of receiptTiming: After the immunity application has been filed and a case number has been obtained (see Section 4.2 above), if so requested by the undertaking, DG Competition will acknowledge receipt of the application. This should preferably occur on the first working day …
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Application Draft Decision
Draft DecisionDecision granting conditional immunity: The Commissioner has been empowered by the College to issue Decisions granting conditional immunity on behalf of the Commission. A Draft decision on conditional immunity is therefore attached to the note to the Commissioner. The Decision…