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
A: Discretion to investigate 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
191. Duty to consider complaints
1 minute de lecture
The Commission is under no obligation to adopt a decision or to carry out investigations . However, it must safeguard the rights of complainants notably by examining the complaint diligently and impartially . In effect, before rejecting or deciding to continue with the investigation of a complaint, it must carefully examine the factual and legal evidence brought to its notice in order to assess wh …