F1PART 2AArticle 22(1) investigations

65CInterpretation of Part 2A

(1)

In this Part—

“Article 22(1) investigation” means an investigation conducted by the OFT on behalf and for the account of a competition authority of another Member State pursuant to Article 22(1) of the EC Competition Regulation;

“the Commission” means the European Commission;

“competition authority of another Member State” means a competition authority designated as such under Article 35 of the EC Competition Regulation by a Member State other than the United Kingdom;

“the EC Competition Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No. 1/2003 of 16th December 2002 on the implementation of the rules on competition laid down in Articles 81 and 82 of the Treaty; and

“investigating officer” has the meaning given in section 65F(1).

(2)

In this Part, the following expressions have the same meanings as in Part 1—

  • “Article 81(1)”;

  • “Article 82”;

  • “the court”;

  • “document”;

  • “information”;

  • “officer”;

  • “the OFT”;

  • “person”;

  • “premises”

  • “the Treaty”; and

  • “working day”.

(3)

For the purposes of this Part, the power to require information, in relation to information recorded otherwise than in a legible form, includes power to require a copy of it in a legible form.

(4)

Any power conferred on the OFT by this Part to require information includes power to require any document which it believes may contain that information.