{"id":109,"date":"2014-10-08T18:49:33","date_gmt":"2014-10-08T18:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/competition.lawlegal.eu?p=109"},"modified":"2014-10-08T18:49:33","modified_gmt":"2014-10-08T18:49:33","slug":"contacts-between-dg-competition-and-market-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/competition.lawlegal.eu\/2014\/10\/08\/contacts-between-dg-competition-and-market-players\/","title":{"rendered":"Contacts between DG Competition and market players"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Contacts between DG Competition and market players<\/h1>\n<h2>Informal Guidance: Contacts between DG Competition and market players<\/h2>\n<p>Over and above requests for guidance in the format of a guidance letter, DG Competition receives numerous informal solicitations for guidance, for example: &#8211; Undertakings send information about and\/or the text of their agreements and solicit a reaction from DG Competition; &#8211; Undertakings ask for a meeting to discuss an agreement or practice; &#8211; Undertakings ask for specific information or clarification on a competition law issue (in writing \/ orally).<\/p>\n<h3>More about Contacts between DG Competition and market players<\/h3>\n<p>Moreover, undertakings may seek informal contacts with a view to discussing the possibility of obtaining a guidance letter. They will want to describe the case and the issue for which they would envisage a request.<\/p>\n<h3>More about the Subject<\/h3>\n<p>On the part of DG Competition, it should be made clear from the outset that: &#8211; DG Competition does not object to an exchange of views about market developments and may provide general indications about its case practice and policy; &#8211; No definitive views can be given on a particular agreement, decision or practice; &#8211; An informal discussion with DG Competition cannot be construed as the Commission giving any form of &#039;clearance&#039;; and &#8211; The fact of meeting DG Competition does not confer any rights or expectations.<\/p>\n<h2>Resources<\/h2>\n<h3>See Also<\/h3>\n<h3>References<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Information about Contacts between DG Competition and market players in the Antitrust Manual of Procedures for the application of Articles 101 and 102 TFEU (Internal DG Competition)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Further Reading<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Information about Contacts between DG Competition and market players in EU Competition Procedure, 3rd. Edition, Edited by Luis Ortiz Blanco (Oxford University Press)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h2>Informal Guidance: Contacts between DG Competition and market players<\/h2>\n<p>Over and above requests for guidance in the format of a guidance letter, DG Competition receives numerous informal solicitations for guidance, for example: &#8211; Undertakings send information about and\/or the text of their agr&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2389,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[63],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/competition.lawlegal.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/competition.lawlegal.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/competition.lawlegal.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/competition.lawlegal.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2389"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/competition.lawlegal.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/competition.lawlegal.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/competition.lawlegal.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/competition.lawlegal.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/competition.lawlegal.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}