{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2012-199/article-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2012-199/article-6.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2012/199",
  "legislation_title": "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)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2012-199",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Hearings",
  "text": "1. The hearing officer may upon request or in the cases and under the conditions set out in the basic Regulations, organise and conduct two types of hearings: hearings between an individual interested party or a group of interested parties with similar interests and the Commission services responsible for the investigation, and hearings among interested parties with different interests.\n2. A hearing can cover any issue which arises at any moment of a trade proceeding and could affect the rights of the interested parties.\n3. Natural persons invited to attend a hearing shall either appear in person or be represented by a legal representative. Legal persons invited to attend a hearing shall be represented by a duly authorised agent appointed from among their permanent staff.\n4. Natural or legal persons invited to attend a hearing organised by the hearing officer may be assisted by a legal adviser or another qualified person outside their permanent staff admitted by the hearing officer.\n5. This Article is without prejudice to the right to a hearing under the basic Regulations.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2012/199/article/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:15:29.437069+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}