Tag: PR

  • Processing the marker application

    Processing the marker applicationTaking position on the application: It is recommended to check on receipt of the application that all information required has been provided and study the content of the application.More about Processing the marker applicationLetter granting a marke…

  • Preparation of Preliminary Assessment

    Preparation of Preliminary AssessmentArticle 9 of Council Regulation 1/2003 provides that the Commission must have informed the undertakings of the competition concerns by a document which is called Preliminary Assessment (a Statement of Objections may also constitute a Preliminary Assessme…

  • Professional secrecy

    Professional secrecyThe provisions on professional secrecy apply also to the competition authorities of the Member States, their officials, civil servants and other persons working under the supervision of these authorities as well as officials and civil servants of other authorities of the…

  • Preparation of submissions in the Commission

    How is the preparation of submissions dealt with in the Commission?The DG Competition Policy Director (Director of COMP/A), upon the suggestion of Unit A1 and in co-operation with the competent sectoral unit, may propose that the Commission submit observations to the national court.More…

  • Provision of access to file

    Provision of access to fileAccess to the file is granted to the parties after an SO has been notified. 1 More about Provision of access to fileThe access to file should be ready at the date of notification of the SO.More about th…

  • Preparation of the preliminary draft Article 10 Decision

    Preparation of the preliminary draft Article 10 DecisionThe drafting of EU acts must comply with numerous formal rules, for reasons of legal certainty, clarity, precision, or simply uniformity and in order to comply with the duty to state reasons for EU acts. In general, the rules and guide…

  • Prima facie case

    Interim Measures: Prima facie caseThe practices focused on by the action for interim measures must prima facie be likely to constitute an infringement of competition rules.More about Prima facie caseAccording to the General Court in La Cinq <a name=t1 href=#f1 target="_self&qu…

  • Principle of collegiality

    Principle of collegiality and the decision making proceduresAccording to Article 17 (6) of the Treaty on European Union (ex. Art. 217(1) EC) and Article 1 of the Rules of Procedure decision-making in the Commission is based on the principle of collegiality. In other words, as a general rule…

  • Principle of presumption of innocence

    Non-Confidential version of the Decision Contents: Principle of presumption of innocenceAs 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 opera…

  • Preliminary Draft Decision Addressees

    Preliminary Draft Decision: AddresseesThe decision is addressed to the undertaking(s) and/or associations of undertakings whose practices or agreements are examined and to which Articles 101 or 102 are found to be inapplicable.More about Preliminary Draft Decision AddresseesIn case…