Roquette Freres SA v Directeur General de la Concurrence, de la Consommation et de la Repression des Fraude (Third Party, Commission of the European Communities): ECJ 22 Oct 2002

The Commission suspected the applicant of anti-competitive practices, and sought permission and support in an enforced entry and seizure of the applicant’s premises. The French court sought guidance as to the considerations involved.
Held: The national court had a duty under European law to investigate the request to the extent of asking whether the proposed steps were arbitrary or disproportionate to the investigation proposed, but it could not investigate the justification of the measures sought beyond those issues.

Citations:

Times 24-Oct-2002, C-94/00, [2002] EUECJ C-94/00

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Jurisdiction:

European

Commercial

Updated: 11 June 2022; Ref: scu.177483