# Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 of 16 December 2002 on the implementation of the rules on competition laid down in Articles 81 and 82 of the Treaty (Text with EEA relevance) (revoked) EU Regulation No 1/2003 ยท adopted 16 December 2002 Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 of 16 December 2002 on the implementation of the rules on competition laid down in Articles 81 and 82 of the Treaty (Text with EEA relevance) ## Introductory text Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 of 16 December 2002 on the implementation of the rules on competition laid down in Articles 81 and 82 of the Treaty (Text with EEA relevance) (revoked) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter I: PRINCIPLES ## 1 Application of Articles 81 and 82 of the Treaty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Burden of proof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Relationship between Articles 81 and 82 of the Treaty and national competition laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter II: POWERS ## 4 Powers of the Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Powers of the competition authorities of the Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Powers of the national courts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter III: COMMISSION DECISIONS ## 7 Finding and termination of infringement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Interim measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Commitments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Finding of inapplicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter IV: COOPERATION ## 11 Cooperation between the Commission and the competition authorities of the Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Exchange of information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Suspension or termination of proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Advisory Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Cooperation with national courts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Uniform application of Community competition law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter V: POWERS OF INVESTIGATION ## 17 Investigations into sectors of the economy and into types of agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Requests for information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Power to take statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 The Commission's powers of inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Inspection of other premises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Investigations by competition authorities of Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter VI: PENALTIES ## 23 Fines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Periodic penalty payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter VII: LIMITATION PERIODS ## 25 Limitation periods for the imposition of penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Limitation period for the enforcement of penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter VIII: HEARINGS AND PROFESSIONAL SECRECY ## 27 Hearing of the parties, complainants and others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Professional secrecy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter IX: EXEMPTION REGULATIONS ## 29 Withdrawal in individual cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter X: GENERAL PROVISIONS ## 30 Publication of decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Review by the Court of Justice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Exclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Implementing provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter XI: TRANSITIONAL, AMENDING AND FINAL PROVISIONS ## 34 Transitional provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Designation of competition authorities of Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Amendment of Regulation (EEC) No 1017/68 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Amendment of Regulation (EEC) No 2988/74 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 Amendment of Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Amendment of Regulation (EEC) No 3975/87 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 Amendment of Regulations No 19/65/EEC, (EEC) No 2821/71 and (EEC) No 1534/91 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 Amendment of Regulation (EEC) No 3976/87 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 42 Amendment of Regulation (EEC) No 479/92 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 43 Repeal of Regulations No 17 and No 141 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 44 Report on the application of the present Regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 45 Entry into force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2003/1 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2003-1 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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