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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)RecitalsChapter I Principles (arts. 1-3)Article 1 Application of Articles 81 and 82 of the TreatyArticle 2 Burden of proofArticle 3 Relationship between Articles 81 and 82 of the Treaty and national competition lawsChapter II Powers (arts. 4-6)Article 4 Powers of the CommissionArticle 5 Powers of the competition authorities of the Member StatesArticle 6 Powers of the national courtsChapter III Commission decisions (arts. 7-10)Article 7 Finding and termination of infringementArticle 8 Interim measuresArticle 9 CommitmentsArticle 10 Finding of inapplicabilityChapter IV Cooperation (art. 11-16)Article 11 Cooperation between the Commission and the competition authorities of the Member StatesArticle 12 Exchange of informationArticle 13 Suspension or termination of proceedingsArticle 14 Advisory CommitteeArticle 15 Cooperation with national courtsArticle 16 Uniform application of Community competition lawChapter V Powers of Investigation (arts. 17-22)Article 17 Investigations into sectors of the economy and into types of agreementsArticle 18 Requests for informationArticle 19 Power to take statementsArticle 20 The Commission's powers of inspectionArticle 21 Inspection of other premisesArticle 22 Investigations by competition authorities of Member StatesChapter VI Penalties (arts. 23-24)Article 23 FinesArticle 24 Periodic penalty paymentsChapter VII Limitation periods (arts. 25-26)Article 25 Limitation periods for the imposition of penaltiesArticle 26 Limitation period for the enforcement of penaltiesChapter VIII Hearings and professional secrecy (arts. 27-28)Article 27 Hearing of the parties, complainants and othersArticle 28 Professional secrecyChapter IX Exemption Regulations (art. 29)Article 29 Withdrawal in individual casesChapter X General provisions (arts. 30-33)Article 30 Publication of decisionsArticle 31 Review by the Court of JusticeArticle 32 ExclusionsArticle 33 Implementing provisionsChapter XI Transitional, amending and final provisions (arts. 34-45)Article 34 Transitional provisionsArticle 35 Designation of competition authorities of Member StatesArticle 36 Amendment of Regulation (EEC) No 1017/68Article 37 Amendment of Regulation (EEC) No 2988/74Article 38 Amendment of Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86Article 39 Amendment of Regulation (EEC) No 3975/87Article 40 Amendment of Regulations No 19/65/EEC, (EEC) No 2821/71 and (EEC) No 1534/91Article 41 Amendment of Regulation (EEC) No 3976/87Article 42 Amendment of Regulation (EEC) No 479/92Article 43 Repeal of Regulations No 17 and No 141Article 44 Report on the application of the present RegulationArticle 45 Entry into forceDone at
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Version status: Applicable | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Version date: 1 May 2004 - onwards
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Article 34 Transitional provisions

1. Applications made to the Commission under Article 2 of Regulation No 17, notifications made under Articles 4 and 5 of that Regulation and the corresponding applications and notifications made under Regulations (EEC) No 1017/68, (EEC) No 4056/86 and (EEC) No 3975/87 shall lapse as fromthe date of application of this Regulation.

2. Procedural steps taken under Regulation No 17 and Regulations (EEC) No 1017/68, (EEC) No 4056/86 and (EEC) No 3975/87 shall continue to have effect for the purposes of applying this Regulation.

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