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ACCESUL LA DOSARELEINSTRUMENTATE DECONSILIUL CONCURENTEI

(n cazul practicilor anticoncurentialesi al concentrarilor economice)

THE ACCESS TO THECOMPETITION COUNCILSINVESTIGATION FILES(in the cases regarding anticompetitivepractices and economic concentrations)

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THE ACCESS TO THECOMPETITION COUNCILSINVESTIGATION FILES

(in the cases regarding anticompetitivepractices and economic concentrations)

ACCESUL LA DOSARELEINSTRUMENTATE DE

CONSILIUL CONCURENTEI

(n cazul practicilor anticoncurentialesi al concentrarilor economice)

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CUPRINS / SUMMARY

How is confidentiality established? (1)

Cum se stabilete caracterul de confidenialitate alunei informaii?(1)

How is confidentiality established? (2)Cum se stabilete caracterul de confidenialitate alunei informaii?(2)

Which are the criteria on which access toconfidential information is granted?

Care sunt criteriile pe baza crora poate fi acordataccesul la informaii confideniale?

How is the access to file provided? (1)

Care este modalitatea de acces la dosar?(1)How is the access to file provided? (2)

Care este modalitatea de acces la dosar?(2)

What is the access to the file procedure in casethe Competition Council intends to reject itscomplaint/intimation?

Care este procedura de acces la dosar n cazul ncare Consiliul Concurenei intenioneaz s

resping plngerea/sesizarea?Which is the legislation on the access to theCompetition Council file?

Care este legislaia privind accesul la dosarulConsiliului Concurenei?

How is the right of defense ensured in theCompetition Councils investigations?

Cum se asigur dreptul la aprare n procedurileConsiliului Concurenei?

Why is the access to the Competition Council fileimportant?

De ce este important asigurarea accesului ladosare?

Who can ask for the access to the file and in whichmoment?

Cine poate solicita accesul la dosar i n ce moment?

What is the content of the Competition Council fileand which are the accesible documents?

Ce cuprinde dosarul de investigaie i care suntdocumentele la care accesul este permis?

Which are the non-accessible documents? (1)

Care sunt documentele la care nu este permisaccesul? (1)

Which are the non-accessible documents? (2)

Care sunt documentele la care nu este permisaccesul?) (2)

Could access to business secrets and confidentialinformation be granted?

Cnd este permis accesul la secrete de afaceri iinformaii confideniale?

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How is the right of defense ensured in the

Competition Councils investigations?

Before the Competition Council takes any decision, both in the casesregarding anticompetitive practices and economic concentration, it has toobserve the of the undertakings and/or associations ofundertakings involved.

The main procedural guarantee of the right to defense is the of the

undertakings and of the associations of undertakings involved in theeconomic concentration or in the alleged anticompetitive practice.

assigned by the president of the Competition Council canparticipate in the hearing. Moreover, the

as well as natural or legal persons can also participate inthe hearing provided that they request to participate in the hearing statingthat they hold information relevant for the case and this request isapproved by the president of the Competition Council;

right to defense

hearing

Experts

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intimation other


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Cum se asigur dreptul la aprare n

procedurile Consiliului Concurenei?

Luarea unei decizii de ctre Consiliul Concurenei, att n cazurile de practicianticoncureniale, ct i n cele care vizeaz concentrri economice se face curespectarea al operatorilor economici i/sau al asociaiilorde operatori implicai.

Principala modalitate prin care se asigur respectarea dreptului la aprare este

economici i a asociaiilor de operatori economiciparticipani la presupusa practic anticoncurenial sau concentrarea economica.

Pot participa la audiere desemnai de preedintele Consiliului Concurenei,sau sesizrii, acolo unde este cazul, precum

pentru stabilireaadevrului n cauza investigat, la cerere i cu aprobarea prealabil a preedintelui

Consiliului Concurenei.

dreptului la aprare

audierea operatorilor

experii

autorul plngerii i alte persoane

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Why is the access to the

Competition Council file important?

The right to defense cannot be effectively provided unless theis observed. This means that the undertakings

indicted by the investigation report have to be allowed to formulate theirdefense making use of the same documents on which the investigation

report relied upon.When observing the right to defense and the principle of equality ofarms, account has to be taken on the need to protect the

of third parties to the extent that the respectiveinformation is not of an obvious inculpatory or exculpatory nature.

principleof equality of arms

confidential

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Dreptul la aprare nu poate fi n mod real asigurat dect ncondiiile respectrii , respectival garantrii dreptului operatorilor economici incriminai prinraportul de investigaie de a-i formula aprarea pe bazaacelorai documente care au stat i la baza ntocmirii raportuluide investigaie.

Pentru respectarea dreptului la aprare i a principiului egalitiiarmelor se ine cont i de necesitatea protejrii

ale altor pri, n msura n care acestea nu au unevident caracter incriminatoriu sau dezincriminatoriu.

principiului egalitii armelor

informaiilor

confideniale

De ce este important asigurarea

accesului la dosare?

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Who can ask for the access to the file

and in which moment?

Given its main purpose, to guarantee an effective right to defense, thepossibility to access the file is ensured to

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to participate in the hearing;

, should they request to participate in the hearing stating thatthey hold information relevant for the case and this request is approvedby the president of the Competition Council;

Access to the file is granted to those persons

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all persons to which the

investigation report has been submitted, respectively

the parties to the economic concentration or to the allegedanticompetitive practice

the experts appointed by the president of the Competition Council

the author of the complaint/intimation, other individuals or legalpersons

on a request basis, usually

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Cine poate solicita accesul la dosar

i n ce moment?

Avnd n vedere principalul su scop, de garantare a unui drept real la aprare,posibilitatea de a avea acces la dosar este asigurat

, respectiv:

;de preedintele Consiliului Concurenei pentru a

participa la audieri;

- ncazul n care solicit participarea la audieri declarnd c dein informaiirelevante pentru stabilirea adevrului n cauza investigat iar aceastsolicitare este aprobat de ctre preedintele Consiliului Concurenei;

Accesul acestor persoane la dosar este asigurat la.

tuturor celor crora le-a

fost transmis raportul de investigaie

participanilor la presupusa practic anticoncurenial sau laconcentrarea economic

experilor desemnai

autorului plngerii sau sesizrii i altor persoane fizice sau juridice

cerere, de regul o singur

dat, ulterior primirii raportului de investigaie

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What is the content of the Competition Council

file and which are the accessible documents?

The investigation file includes that havebeen obtained, produced and/or gathered by the investigation team duringthe procedure, irrespective of their type.

The investigation file those documents or informationgathered by the Competition Council during the investigation that haveproved, following a more detailed examination, to be unrelated to the object ofinvestigation.

Access is granted to the documents included in the investigation file, includingthe studies commissioned in connection with proceedings. This way theundertakings and/or associations of undertakings that are part of aneconomic concentration or of an alleged anticompetitive practice are allowedto

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all the documents and information

does not include

formulate their points of view to the conclusions of the investigationreport

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Ce cuprinde dosarul de investigaie i care sunt

documentele la care accesul este permis?

Dosarul de investigaie cuprinde care au fostobinute, produse i/sau adunate de ctre echipa de investigaie n cadrulprocedurii, indiferent de tipul acestora.

Dosarul de investigaie acele documente sau informaii care auintrat n posesia Consiliului Concurenei n cursul investigaiei i care, ca urmare aunei analize mai detaliate,

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Accesul se acord la documentele cuprinse n dosarul de investigaie, inclusiv lastudiile comandate n legtur cu obiectul investigaie, astfel nct operatoriieconomici i/sau asociaiile de operatori economici participani la o operaiune deconcentrare economic sau suspectai de o practic anticoncurenial

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toate documentele i informaiile

nu va cuprinde

s-au dovedit a nu avea legtur cu obiectul

investigaiei

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poat formula punctele de vedere fa de concluziile raportului de

investigaie

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Which are the

non-accessible documents? (1)

Generally, the following types of documents are non-accessible:

, as those documentscan be neither incriminating nor exculpatory.

, except for exceptional circumstances in which those

documents are part of the evidence in the investigative process.Access to this type of documents can only be granted after deletion ofany business secrets or other confidential information in consultationwith the public entity submitting the documents;Documents containing ,such as: technical and/or financial information relating to anundertaking's know-how, methods of assessing costs, production

secrets and processes, supply sources, quantities produced and sold,market shares, customers and distributors lists, marketing plans, costand price structure and sales strategy.

* This type of documents is always non-accessible.

1. Competition Councils internal documents

2. Competition Councils correspondence with other public

authorities

3. business secrets of other undertakings

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Care sunt documentele la care

nu este permis accesul?(1)

n principiu, nu se acord acces la urmtoarele categorii de documente:

*, ntruct acestea nupot avea caracter incriminatoriu sau dezincriminatoriu.

, cu excepiaunor circumstane excepionale n care acestea constituie dovezi n cadrul

investigaiei i numai dup nlturarea informaiilor confideniale sau carereprezint secrete de afaceri, cu acordul autoritii publice care a furnizatdocumentul;la cele coninnd cum arfi: informaii tehnice i/sau financiare legate de know-how-ul unuioperator economic, metode de evaluare a costurilor, procese i secretede producie, surse de aprovizionare, cantiti produse i vndute, cote de

pia, liste de clieni i distribuitori, planuri de marketing, structuracosturilor i a preurilor, strategia de vnzri.

* La aceast categorie de documente nu se acord niciodat acces.

1. documentele interne ale Consiliului Concurenei

2. corespondena Consiliului Concurenei cu alte autoriti

3. secrete de afaceri ale altor ageni economici

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4. the confidential information

5. third parties objections to the investigation reportthe

Competition Council intends to restart a certain part oftheprocedure by reason of

, other than business secrets,confidential, insofar as its disclosure would significantly harm aperson or undertaking. This type of documents may includeinformation provided by third parties about undertakings involved.

. Access tothis type of documents is only allowed in the case where

new evidence.

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4. informaiile confideniale

5. observaiile altor pri fa de raportul de investigaien cazul

relurii unei pri a procedurii administrative cum este cazul n

care Consiliul Concurenei intenioneaz s reia o parte a

procedurii, datorit apariiei de noi probe

la , altele dect secretele de afaceri, nmsura n care dezvluirea acestora poate duna semnificativ uneipersoane sau unui operator economic. Acestea pot fi informaiile

transmise de teri despre operatorii economici implicai.

la .Accesul la aceast categorie de documente este permis numai

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Could access to business secrets

and confidential information be granted?

When the disclosure of documents containing business secrets orother confidential information is

or could be necessary, access to such document may be provided.

Access to documents containing business secrets or other confidentialinformation will be granted documents containing business secrets orother confidential information to a of thedocument where the information is contained.

Similar conditions apply to economic concentration cases.

necessary to prove an alleged

infringement to exonerate a party from

certain responsibilities

non-confidential version

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Cnd este permis accesul la secrete de

afaceri i informaii confideniale?

Se poate permite accesul la documente coninnd secrete de afacerisau alte informaii confideniale atunci cnd este

o posibil practic anticoncurenialde o parte din responsabiliti.

Accesul la documentele coninnd secrete de afaceri sau alte informaiiconfidentiale, se va acorda la o adocumentului ce conine informaia.

Un tratament similar se aplic i n cazul operaiunilor de concentrare

economic.

necesar pentru a se

dovedi sau pentru a exoneraprile implicate

versiune neconfidenial

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How is confidentiality ? (1)established

Confidentiality is granted by any person that transmits information orobservations within an opened procedure or subsequently submits furtherinformation to the Competition Council. However, the confidentiality issubject to the approval by the Competition Council.

during a procedure of theCompetition Council has to clearly any document or

part of document that it considers confidential and to ask confidentialtreatment for it. Such request has to be . Aof the document has to be provided within the deadline set by the

Competition Council.

Within the non-confidential version, amust be included. The non-confidential versions and

the descriptions of the deleted information must be established in a mannerthat enables any party with access to the file to determine

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Each person submitting information

the obligation identify

motivated non-confidentialversion

concise description of each piece of

deleted information

whether the

information deleted is likely to be relevant for its defense

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Cum se stabilete caracterul de

confidenialitate al unei informaii? (1)Caracterul de secret comercial sau de informaie confidenial se stabilete dectre orice persoan care transmite informaii sau observaii n cadrul uneiproceduri declanate sau care furnizeaz ulterior informaii suplimentareConsiliului Concurentei, fiind ns condiionat de acceptul Consiliului Concurenei.

n cadrul unei proceduri desfurate deConsiliul Concurenei au de a n mod clar orice document sauparte a documentului care este considerat confidenial i de a solicita acordareatratamentului confidenial pentru acestea, cu expunerea n scris a .Aceste persoane au obligaia de a prezenta o ainformaiilor prezentate ca fiind confideniale, ntr-un termen stabilit de ConsiliulConcurenei.

Versiunea neconfidenial trebuie s conin i o, astfel nct s permit oricrei pri care are acces la

dosar s determine dac.

Persoanele care transmit informaii

obligaia identifica

motivelor

versiune neconfidenial

descriere concis a

informaiilor nlturate

informaia nlturat poate fi relevant pentru

aprarea sa

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The Competition Councilby providing access to a summary of information, where:

- there is a risk that an undertaking is able to place economic orcommercial pressure on its competitors or on its trading

partners;- the undertaking adopts retaliatory measures against those, as aconsequence of their collaboration in the investigation carriedout by the Competition Council.

will protect the anonymity of the involved

authors

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Consiliul Concurenei , prinacordarea accesului la un rezumat al informaiilor, atunci cnd:

- exist riscul ca un operator economic s exercite o presiuneeconomic sau comercial asupra concurenilor sau partenerilor

si;- adopt msuri represive mpotriva acestora, ca o consecin acolaborrii lor n investigaia desfurat.

va proteja identitatea autorilor participani

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Which are the criteria on which access to

confidential information is granted?

The qualification of a piece of information as confidential is not a ban to itsdisclosure if such information is necessary to prove the parties guilt orharmlessness.The Competition Council will assess whether the need to

of the parties through the provision of the widestpossible access to the file may outweigh the concern to

of other parties.This calls for an assessment of all relevant elements, particularly of:

safeguard the

rights of the defense

protect confidential

information

the relevance of the information in determining whether or notan infringement has been committed, and its probative value;

whether the information is indispensable; the degree of sensitivity involved (to what extent would

disclosure of the information harm the interests of the person or

undertaking in question);

the preliminary view of the seriousness of the allegedinfringement.

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Care sunt criteriile pe baza crora poate fi

acordat accesul la informaii confideniale?

Caracterul confidenial al unei informaii nu constituie n sine o interdicie de apermite accesul la o astfel de informaie dac aceasta este necesar pentru adovedi vinovia sau nevinovia prilor.

Consiliul Concurenei va aprecia dacal prilor prin intermediul asigurrii accesului la dosar, ntr-un mod ct mai

larg posibil, poate depi ca importanconfideniale ale altor pri.Analiza are n vedere evaluarea tuturor elementelor relevante, n special:

necesitatea de a proteja dreptul la

aprare

preocuparea de a proteja informaiile

msura n care informaia contribuie n mod determinant la stabilireaexistenei sau inexistenei faptei ilegale i fora sa probant;

msura n care informaia este indispensabil; gradul de sensibilitate a anumitor informaii (n ce masur dezvluirea

acestor informaii aduce atingere intereselor persoanei sau aleagentului economic implicat);

aprecierea preliminar a gravitii presupusei nclcri.

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The access to the file is allowed, at the, by examining the file at

the Competition Council's premises and by allowing them to make, against a tariff, of the documents in paper or electronic form.

Access is granted to evidence as contained in the Competition Council

file. The Competition Council has no obligation to provide a translationof documents in the file in the case they were submitted in a foreignlanguage.

request of the interestedparty approved by the Competition Council

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Care este modalitatea de acces la dosar? (1)

Accesul la dosar este permis la cererea prii interesate, aprobat deConsiliul Concurenei, prin examinarea dosarului la sediul su i prinefectuarea, contra cost, de pe suport hrtie sau nformat electronic.

Accesul la documente este acordat n forma n care acestea exist n dosar,Consiliul Concurenei nu are obligaia de a furniza traducerea documentelordin dosar, n cazul n care acestea sunt transmise ntr-o limb strin.

copii ale documentelor

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The persons to which the investigation report has been submitted, willreceive, together with the agreement on access to file, a list ofdocuments setting out the content of the Competition Council file.

These persons may request the President of the Competition Councilthe access to the confidential documents, when they considers that

these information are necessary for their defense.

Caution: The information obtained as a result of the access to the

file may only be used within the judicial or administrative

proceedings for the purpose the information was requested.

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Persoanele crora le-a fost transmis raportul de investigaie primesc caanex, odat cu comunicarea acordului privind accesul la dosar i o list adocumentelor ce fac parte din acesta.

Aceste persoane pot solicita preedintelui Consiliului Concurenei accesul ladocumentele confideniale, atunci cnd consider c informaiile sunt

necesare pentru formularea aprrii.

Atenie: Informaiile obinute ca urmare a accesului la dosar pot fi

folosite numai n cadrul procedurilor judiciare i administrative n

scopul pentru care au fost solicitate.

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What is the access to the file procedure in case

the Competition Council intends to reject its

complaint/intimation?

The author of the complaint/intimation, once notified about theCompetition Councils intention to reject its complaint, may ask foraccess to the documents on which the Competition Council basedits preliminary analysis.

Such access shall be granted one time only.

No access will be provided to business secrets or to otherconfidential information obtained by the Competition Councilduring the procedure.

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Care este procedura de acces la dosar n cazul n

care Consiliul Concurenei intenioneaz s

resping plngerea sau sesizare?

n situaia n care autorul plngerii sau sesizrii care a fost informat deintenia Consiliului Concurenei de a-i respinge plngerea/sesizareapoate solicita accesul la documentele pe care Consiliul Concurenei i-abazat analiza preliminar.

Autorului plngerii sau sesizrii i se va acorda accesul la acestedocumente o singur dat.

Autorul plngerii sau sesizrii nu are drept de acces la secrete deafaceri sau la alte informaii confideniale pe care Consiliul Concureneile-a obinut pe parcursul ntregii proceduri.

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Which is the legislation on the access

to the Competition Council file?

Competition Law no. 21/1996

Guidelines on the rules for the access to the Competition

Council file in cases pursuant to art.5 and 6 of Competition Lawno.21/1996 and in the economic concentrationcases

, republished, as subsequentlymodified (Official Gazette no.742/16.08.2005);

, approvedby Order of the President of the Competition Council no. 78/2006(Official Gazette no.371 of 28.04.2006).

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Care este legislaia privind accesul la dosarul

Consiliului Concurenei?

Legea concurenei nr. 21/1996

Instruciunile privind regulile de acces la dosarul ConsiliuluiConcurenei n cazurile referitoare la art. 5 i 6 din Legea concurenei

nr. 21/1996 i n cazurile de concentrri economice

, republicat, cu modificrile icompletrile ulterioare (Monitorul Oficial nr.742/16.08.2005);

, puse n aplicareprin Ordinul preedintelui Consiliului Concurenei nr. 78/2006 (MonitorulOficial nr. 371/28.04.2006).

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This guide is of purely informative value. Itshould only be interpreted in the legislative

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Acest ghid este orientativ i seinterpreteaz numai n contextul

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