Keywords
Operative part

Keywords

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1 . Competition - Administrative procedure - Request for information - Powers of the Commission

( Council Regulation No 17, Arts 11 and 14 )

2 . Community law - Principles - Rights of the defence - Observance in administrative procedures - Competition - Decision requesting information addressed to an undertaking - Right to refuse to provide an answer implying recognition of the existence of an infringement

( Council Regulation No 17, Art . 11 )

Operative part

( 1)Annuls Questions II(1)(c ) and III(1 ) and ( 2 ) of Commission Decision IV/31.865 of 24 November 1987 relating to a proceeding under Article 11(5 ) of Regulation No 17 of the Council of 6 November 1962, the first regulation implementing Articles 85 and 86 of the EEC Treaty;

( 2)Dismisses the remainder of the application;

( 3)Orders the parties to bear their own costs .