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The Legal Duties of the European Commission towards Private Party-Complainants in EC Competition Cases

The Commission is the Community institution responsible for the implementation and orientation of EC competition policy.1 The constitutional basis for this role can be found in Article 155 and, more specifically for competition law, in Article 89 of the EC Treaty (hereinafter: 'the Treaty’2). Within this framework the Commission not only monitors the Member States, but it also takes an interest in securing private parties’ compliance with Community competition rules. Council Regulations 17/623 and 99/634 give the Commission the necessary tools to make a thorough inquiry into the competitive behaviour of a suspected firm.5 Article 3 (1) of Regulation 17 empowers it to take appropriate measures to terminate respectively competitive cartels and abuses