European Competition Law
Auteur : Louis Vogel
Sommaire de l’ouvrage
General Introduction
Part 1: Introduction
Part 2: Restrictive agreements and abuse of dominant position
Title 1: Introduction
Title 2: Jurisdiction
Chapter 1: Proceedings initiated by the Commission
Section 1: Admissibility
I: Rules for handling complaints
B: Duty to consider complaints
Section 3: Rejection
Title 4: Preliminary investigations
Title 5: Administrative procedure
Title 6: Commission decision
Title 7: Remedies
Title 8: Civil sanctions
Part 4: Mergers
Part 5: State aid
190. Discretion to investigate complaints
1 minute de lecture
The Commission is under no obligation to investigate every complaint brought before it nor, a fortiori, to take a definitive decision within the meaning of Article 288 TFEU with regard to the existence or non-existence of an alleged infringement of Articles 101 or 102 TFEU . The EU authority has a wide discretion and is entitled to give differing degrees of priority to the complaints brought befor …
