Tag: Processing of the request

  • Refusal to issue a Guidance Letter

    Processing of the request: Refusal to issue a Guidance LetterThe Notice on Informal Guidance provides that where no guidance letter is issued, the Commission should inform the applicant(s) accordingly. In practice, this will normally be done by a letter signed by the competent Director….

  • Guidance Letters and Analysis of the request

    Guidance Letters: Analysis of the request against criteria, priorities and factsThe Commission, seized of a request for a guidance letter, will consider whether it is appropriate to process it or not. A first reply should be sent by the unit dealing with the request to the applicant(s) with…

  • Analysis against the Notice

    Guidance Letters: Analysis of the Request against the NoticeThe Notice on Informal Guidance provides that the issuing of a guidance letter may only be considered if the cumulative conditions listed above are fulfilled.More about Analysis against the NoticeIf one condition fails, th…

  • Assessment against priorities

    Guidance Letters and Request: Assessment against prioritiesThe unit in charge of the request should also make a first assessment of whether the issuing of a guidance letter is appropriate in the light of the enforcement priorities. For this purpose the priority-setting principles can be app…

  • Checking of facts

    Guidance Letters and the Request: Checking of factsThe Notice on Informal Guidance provides that the Commission will in principle evaluate the request on the basis of the information provided by the undertakings. It follows that a request that does not set out the facts in a conclusive mann…