Examples of using The statement of objections in English and their translations into Bulgarian
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The Statement of Objections summarised above is addressed to both Google and Alphabet Inc.
It submits that it has already set out those arguments in its response to the statement of objections.
The Statement of Objections takes issue with the exclusivity practice as from 2006.
The Statement of Objections raised concerns in relation to the South Stream project in Bulgaria and the Yamal pipeline in Poland.
It should further be observed in that regard that, in its response to the statement of objections, Hoechst stated.
On 18 October 2006, the statement of objections was adopted and notified to several companies.
It must further be borne in mind that the Commission was aware of the lack of precision of the word‘leader' used at paragraph 60 of the statement of objections.
At paragraph 282 of the statement of objections, Hoechst is presented as one of the‘main actors' in the cartel.
Accordingly, it suffices to note that the Commission expressly indicated in paragraph 86 of the statement of objections that it relied on those documents as evidence.
The Statement of Objections is describe as“a formal step in Commission investigations into suspected violations of EU antitrust rules.”.
Following the Statement of Objections issued in April 2015 and Google's response in August 2015*, the Commission has carried out further investigative measures.
Only then does the Commission turn to the case-law on the relationship between the statement of objections and the decision which brings the procedure to an end.
It must also be observed that the list of Hoechst's employees set out at recital 96 to the Decision already appeared at paragraph 62 of the statement of objections.
As regards the consistency between the statement of objections and the Decision, the Commission asserts that no difference can be established in that regard.
There were therefore‘sub-arrangements' relating to Europe,according to the expression used by the Commission at a number of points in the statement of objections(see, for example, points 79, 84, 90 and 169).
A similar sentence was set out at paragraph 64 of the statement of objections, concerning Daicel(‘[Daicel]… was a leader of the joint meetings, along with Hoechst').
In its response to the statement of objections, Hoechst merely stated, concerning that impact, that it wasof no relevance to the establishment of the existence of the infringement.
Furthermore, such an increase in the amount of the fine must be explained(in the statement of objections and in the decision) by reference to the attitude of each company.
It is by the statement of objections that the undertaking concerned is informed of all the essential elements on which the Commission is relying at that stage of the procedure.
It follows that, in the present case,the Commission was not required to inform the applicants of the transmission of documents by the Guardia di Finanza before the notification of the statement of objections.
It was only after receiving the statement of objections that, by not substantially contesting the facts, BASF acknowledged the existence of a cartel at European level.
Thus, at paragraph 295 of the statement of objections, the Commission stated that it would take account, in particular, of‘the role played by each participant, in particular the leading role played by some companies'.
Referring to Endemol v Commission, paragraph 70 above(paragraph 65),Hoechst submits that the protection of confidential information must be weighed up against the rights of defence of the addressees of the statement of objections.
In that regard, the statement of objections constitutes the procedural safeguard applying the fundamental principle of EU law which requires observance of the rights of the defence in all proceedings.
In the first place,the Commission takes the view that, after the statement of objections stage, it is not obliged to disclose any subsequent interim assessments of the issues on which it based its objections, as these assessments may change in the course of the procedure.
In the present case, the statement of objections already contained a description of the circumstances of law and of fact taken into account in the Decision for the purposes of the calculation of the fine.