Tag: Written phase
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Written Reply to the Statement of Objections
Complainants may make known their views in writingPursuant to Article 6(1) of Reg. 773/2004, "Where the Commission issues a statement of objections relating to a matter in respect of which it has received a complaint, it shall provide the complainant with a copy of the non-confidential…
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Third parties replies to the Statement of Objections
Parties, third parties and complaintsAccording to the Best Practices Notice 1 , where required by the rights of defence 2 , or where it may in the Commission's view help to further clarify …
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Sufficient interest
Third parties can be heard only if they show "sufficient interest" (Article 27(3) of Regulation 1/2003)Other natural or legal persons, who have shown sufficient interest, must be informed in writing of the nature and subject matter of the procedure and set a time-limit within whic…
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Replies Confidentiality
Identification and protection of confidential information in the repliesPursuant to Article 16(2) of Regulation 773/2004, "any person which makes known its views pursuant to Article 6(1), Article 10(2) and Article 13(1) and (3) or subsequently submits further information to the Commiss…
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Reply to the Statement of Objections Deadlines
Time-limits and extensionThe cover letter, signed by the Director General and sent with the SO, fixes a time-limit within which the undertaking must deliver its written reply (Article 10(2) of Reg. 773/2004). It also offers the undertaking the opportunity to be heard orally and indicates th…
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Right to be heard
Right to be heard. IntroductionArticle 27 of Regulation 1/2003 expressly provides that undertakings must be given the opportunity to be heard. The proceedings consist of both written (reply to the SO) and oral stages. The oral stage, called the oral hearing, which supplements the written pr…
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Parties replies to the Statement of Objections
Distribution of parties' replies: Commission's services and Member StatesA copy of the parties' replies has to be encoded in the case management application.More about Parties replies to the Statement of ObjectionsCopies of the confidential version of the reply must be …