EU Treaty articles 101 and 102
The European Commission Directorate General Competition has published a press release titled: Antitrust: improved transparency and predictability of proceedings.
The press release announces the publication of three guidance documents:
- Best Practices in proceedings concerning articles 101 and 102 TFEU (28 pages)
- Best Practices on submission of economic evidence (20 pages)
- Hearing Officers' Guidance Paper (17 pages)
The objective of the Consultation is stated as:
“The Competition Directorate-General seeks comments on the procedural issues raised in the published documents, within the limits laid down by the presently applicable legal framework.”
The consultation closes on 3rd March 2010.
The press release IP/10/2 of the 6th January 2010 states:
“Detailed explanations concerning how European Commission antitrust procedures work in practice have just been published by the Commission's Directorate General for Competition (DG Competition) and the Hearing Officers on the Europa website in order to further enhance the transparency and the predictability of Commission antitrust proceedings. The explanations are outlined in three documents, namely Best Practices for antitrust proceedings, Best Practices for the submission of economic evidence (both in antitrust and merger proceedings) and Guidance on the role of the Hearing Officers in the context of antitrust proceedings. The documents will make it easier for companies under investigation to understand how the investigation will proceed, what they can expect from the Commission and what the Commission will expect from them. They will be applied by the Commission provisionally as from today, but stakeholders are invited to submit comments on the documents within 8 weeks with a view to adjusting them in the light of comments from interested parties.”
EU Treaty Articles 81 & 82 renumbered
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