European Commission Adopts New Antitrust Procedures Package and Modifies Hearing Officer’s Mandate
On October 17, 2011, the European Commission released its Best Practices Notice for the conduct of proceedings concerning Articles 101 and 102 TFEU (“Antitrust Best Practices Notice”) and Best Practices for the submission of economic evidence and data collection in cases concerning the application of Articles 101 and 102 TFEU and in merger cases (“Economic Evidence Notice”). The European Commission also revised the Hearing Officer’s mandate by adopting a new decision on the function and terms of reference of the hearing officer in certain competition proceedings (“Hearing Officer’s Mandate Decision”).