European Competition Law
Auteur : Louis Vogel
Sommaire de l’ouvrage
General Introduction
Part 1: Introduction
Title 1: Field of application
I: Restriction of competition
A: Agreement
B: Decisions of associations of undertakings
C: Concerted practices
D: Complex infringements
2°: Indirect evidence
3°: Burden of proof
III: Several undertakings
Section 2: Limits of the prohibition
Chapter 2: Applications
Title 3: Abuse of dominant position
Title 4: Impact of intellectual property rights
Part 3: Procedure
Part 4: Mergers
Part 5: State aid
59. Principle of freedom of evidence
1 minute de lecture
The Commission is free to choose the method of evaluation of evidence establishing an infringement of Article 101 TFEU. The probative value of a piece of evidence depends on its credibility .
The competition authorities favor documentary evidence; thus, according to settled case law, the proof of the absence of another plausible explanation is not necessary for the finding of a restrictive agreem …