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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2011-695/article-17",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2011/695",
  "legislation_title": "Decision of the President of the European Commission of 13 October 2011 on the function and terms of reference of the hearing officer in certain competition proceedings (Text with EEA relevance) (2011/695/EU)",
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  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Submission to the Commission and publication",
  "text": "1. The hearing officer’s final report shall be presented to the Commission together with the draft decision submitted to it, in order to ensure that, when it reaches a decision on an individual case, the Commission is fully apprised of all relevant information as to the course of the procedure and that the effective exercise of procedural rights has been respected throughout the proceedings.\n2. The final report may be modified by the hearing officer in the light of any amendments to the draft decision prior to its adoption by the Commission.\n3. The Commission shall communicate the hearing officer’s final report, together with the decision, to the addressees of the decision. It shall publish the hearing officer’s final report in the Official Journal of the European Union, together with the decision, having regard to the legitimate interest of undertakings in the protection of their business secrets.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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