by 21st Century Competition | May 7, 2014
Procedural rule established by the European Court of Justice which has also been inserted into the mandate of the hearing officer and which concerns the disclosure of confidential documents or business information by the Commission. This rule says that where the...
by 21st Century Competition | May 7, 2014
Committee composed of representatives of the Member States which is consulted by the Commission in antitrust and merger cases where such a consultation is foreseen. A preliminary draft decision by the Commission is submitted to, and discussed with, the advisory...
by 21st Century Competition | May 7, 2014
Firm which is either currently active on the same relevant market as the company under investigation, or which is able to switch produc- tion to the relevant products and market them in the short term without incurring significant additional costs or risks in response...
by 21st Century Competition | May 7, 2014
Sales made by actively approaching individual customers inside another distributor’s exclusive territory or exclusive customer group. This may be, for instance, by direct mail or visits; by actively approach- ing a specific customer group or customers in a specific...
by 21st Century Competition | May 7, 2014
Right of natural or legal persons who are parties to a Commission investigation to see the Commission’s file, whenever the Commission proposes to adopt a decision which would be unfavourable to those parties. Access is given during the course of the administrative...
