# Decision of the President of the European Commission of 29 February 2012 on the function and terms of reference of the hearing officer in certain trade proceedings (2012/199/EU), Article 2: Definitions

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

For the purposes of this Decision the following definitions shall apply:
(a) ‘trade proceeding’ means any investigation or an administrative procedure performed by the Commission services under any of the basic Regulations;
(b) ‘interested party’ means any person whose interests are affected by a trade proceeding, as defined in the applicable basic Regulation;
(c) ‘rights of the interested parties’ means the procedural rights and the right of every person to have its affairs handled impartially, fairly and within a reasonable time in trade proceedings.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2012/199/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2012-199/article-2
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