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Sections
Part 1 Restraints of Competition
Chapter 1 Agreements, Decisions and Concerted Practices Restricting Competition
- Section 1 — Prohibition of Agreements Restricting Competition
- Section 2 — Exempted Agreements
- Section 3 — Cartels of Small or Medium-Sized Enterprises
- Section 4-17
Chapter 2 Market Dominance, Other Restrictive Practices
- Section 18 — Market Dominance
- Section 19 — Prohibited Conduct of Dominant Undertakings
- Section 19a — Abusive Conduct of Undertakings of Paramount Significance for Competition Across Markets
- Section 20 — Prohibited Conduct of Undertakings with Relative or Superior Market Power
- Section 21 — Prohibition of Boycott and Other Restrictive Practices
Chapter 3 Application of European Competition Law
- Section 22 — Relationship Between this Act and Articles 101 and 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
- Section 23
Chapter 4 Competition Rules
- Section 24 — Definition, Application for Recognition
- Section 25 — Third Party Comments
- Section 26 — Recognition
- Section 27 — Information on Competition Rules, Publications
Chapter 5 Special Provisions for Certain Sectors of the Economy
- Section 28 — Agriculture
- Section 29 — Energy Sector
- Section 30 — Press
- Section 31 — Water Management Contracts
- Section 31a — Water Management, Notification Requirement
- Section 31b — Water Management, Duties and Powers of the Competition Authority, Sanctions
Division 1 Powers of the Competition Authorities
- Section 32 — Termination and Subsequent Declaration of Infringements
- Section 32a — Interim Measures
- Section 32b — Commitments
- Section 32c — No Grounds for Action
- Section 32d — Withdrawal of Exemption
- Section 32e — Investigations into Individual Sectors of the Economy and Individual Types of Agreements
- Section 32f — Measures following a sector inquiry
- Section 32g — Investigation of possible violations of Regulation (EU) 2022/1925
Division 2 Damages and Disgorgement of Benefits
- Section 33 — Claim for Injunction and Rectification
- Section 33a — Liability for Damages
- Section 33b — Binding Effect of Decisions Issued by a Competition Authority
- Section 33c — Passing-on of Overcharges
- Section 33d — Joint and Several Liability
- Section 33e — Immunity Recipient
- Section 33f — Effect of Consensual Settlements
- Section 33g — Right to Have Evidence Surrendered and Information Provided
- Section 33h — Limitation Periods
- Section 34 — Disgorgement of Benefits by the Competition Authority
- Section 34a — Disgorgement of Benefits by Associations
Chapter 7 Control of Concentrations
- Section 35 — Scope of Application of the Control of Concentrations
- Section 36 — Principles for the Appraisal of Concentrations
- Section 37 — Concentration
- Section 38 — Calculation of Turnover, Market Shares and Value of Consideration
- Section 39 — Notification and Information Obligation
- Section 39a
- Section 40 — Procedure of the Control of Concentrations
- Section 41 — Prohibition to Implement a Concentration, Dissolution
- Section 42 — Ministerial Authorisation
- Section 43 — Publications
- Section 43a — Evaluation
Chapter 8 Monopolies Commission
- Section 44 — Tasks
- Section 45 — Members
- Section 46 — Decisions, Organisation, Rights and Duties of the Members
- Section 47 — Transfer of Statistical Data
Division 1 Market Transparency Unit for Electricity and Gas Wholesale Trading
- Section 47a — Establishment, Competencies, Organisation
- Section 47b — Tasks
- Section 47c — Use of Data
- Section 47d — Powers
- Section 47e — Reporting Obligations
- Section 47f — Power to Issue a Statutory Instrument
- Section 47g — Areas for Issuing Determinations
- Section 47h — Reporting Duties, Publications
- Section 47i — Cooperation with Other Authorities and Supervisory Entities
- Section 47j — Confidential Information, Operational Reliability, Data Protection
Division 2 Market Transparency Unit for Fuels
Division 3 Evaluation
Part 2 Competition Authorities
Chapter 1 General Provisions
- Section 48 — Competencies
- Section 49 — Bundeskartellamt and Supreme Land Authority
- Section 50 — Enforcement of European Law
Chapter 2 Cooperation Between Authorities
- Section 50a — Investigations Within the European Competition Network
- Section 50b — Service of Documents Within the European Competition Network
- Section 50c — Enforcement Within the European Competition Network
- Section 50d — Exchange of Information Within the European Competition Network
- Section 50e — Other Cooperation with Foreign Competition Authorities
- Section 50f — Cooperation with Other Authorities
Chapter 3 Bundeskartellamt
- Section 51 — Seat, Organisation
- Section 52 — Publication of General Instructions
- Section 53 — Activity Report and Monitoring Reports
Part 3 Proceedings
Division 1 Proceedings Before the Competition Authorities
- Section 54 — Institution of Proceedings, Parties, Capacity to Participate in Proceedings
- Section 55 — Preliminary Decision on Jurisdiction
- Section 56 — Opportunity to Comment, Access to Files, Hearing
- Section 57 — Investigations, Evidence
- Section 58 — Seizure
- Section 59 — Requests for Information
- Section 59a — Examination of Business Documents
- Section 59b — Searches
- Section 60 — Preliminary Injunctions
- Section 61 — Completion of the Proceedings, Reasons for the Decision, Service
- Section 62 — Acts Subject to Fees
Division 2 Common Provisions on Appeal Proceedings
- Section 63 — Parties to the Appeal Proceedings, Capacity to Participate in the Proceedings
- Section 64 — Mandatory Representation by Lawyers
- Section 65 — Hearing
- Section 66 — Suspensive Effect
- Section 67 — Order of Immediate Enforcement
- Section 68 — Preliminary Injunctions in the Appeal Proceedings
- Section 69 — Relief in Case of Infringement of the Right to be Heard
- Section 70 — Access to Files
- Section 71 — Apportionment and Taxation of Costs
- Section 72 — Application of the Provisions of the German Courts Constitution Act and the German Code of Civil Procedure
Division 3 Appeals
- Section 73 — Admissibility, Jurisdiction
- Section 74 — Time Limits and Formal Requirements
- Section 75 — Principle of Investigation
- Section 76 — Decision on the Appeal
Division 4 Appeal on Points of Law and Appeal Against Refusal to Grant Leave to Appeal
- Section 77 — Leave to Appeal, Absolute Reasons for Appeal
- Section 78 — Appeal Against Refusal to Grant Leave to Appeal
- Section 79 — Right to Appeal on Points of Law, Formal Requirements and Time Limits
- Section 80 — Decision on the Appeal on Points of Law
Division 1 Provisions Concerning Administrative Fines
- Section 81 — Offences Giving Rise to Administrative Fines
- Section 81a — Administrative Fines on Undertakings
- Section 81b — Administrative Fines on Associations of Undertakings
- Section 81c — Amount of Administrative Fines
- Section 81d — Setting the Administrative Fine
- Section 81e — Contingent Liability in the Interim Period
- Section 81f — Interest Due on Administrative Fines
- Section 81g — Limitation Period for Administrative Fines
Division 2 Leniency Programme
- Section 81h — Aim and Scope of Application
- Section 81i — Application for Leniency
- Section 81j — General Conditions for Leniency
- Section 81k — Immunity from Administrative Fines
- Section 81l — Reduction of Administrative Fines
- Section 81m — Markers
- Section 81n — Summary Applications
Division 3 Administrative Fine Proceedings
- Section 82 — Jurisdiction in Cartel Fine Proceedings
- Section 82a — Competences and Jurisdiction in Proceedings After an Objection has been Filed
- Section 82b — Special Investigatory Powers
- Section 83 — Jurisdiction of the Higher Regional Court in Judicial Proceedings
- Section 84 — Appeal to the Federal Court of Justice on Points of Law
- Section 85 — Reopening of Proceedings Against a Fining Notice
- Section 86 — Court Decisions Concerning Enforcement
- Section 86a — Enforcement
Chapter 4 Civil Actions
- Section 87 — Exclusive Jurisdiction of the Regional Courts
- Section 88 — Joining of Actions
- Section 89 — Jurisdiction of One Regional Court Over Several Court Districts
- Section 89a — Adjustment of the Value in Dispute, Reimbursement of Costs
- Section 89b — Procedure
- Section 89c — Disclosure of Information from the Authority's File
- Section 89d — Rules of Evidence
- Section 89e — Common Provisions for Sections 33g and 89b to 89d
Chapter 5 Common Provisions
- Section 90 — Information of and Participation by the Competition Authorities
- Section 90a — Cooperation of the Courts with the European Commission and the Competition Authorities
- Section 91 — Cartel Panel of the Higher Regional Court
- Section 92 — Jurisdiction of a Higher Regional Court or of the Supreme Court of a Land for Several Court Districts in Administrative Matters and Proceedings Concerning Administrative Fines
- Section 93 — Jurisdiction Over Appeals
- Section 94 — Cartel Panel of the Federal Court of Justice
- Section 95 — Exclusive Jurisdiction
- Section 96
Part 4 Award of Public Contracts and Concessions
Division 1 General Principles, Definitions and Scope
- Section 97 — General Principles for Making Awards
- Section 98 — Contracting Authorities
- Section 99 — Public Contracting Authorities
- Section 100 — Sector Contracting Entities
- Section 101 — Concession Grantors
- Section 102 — Sector Activities
- Section 103 — Public Contracts, Framework Agreements and Design Contests
- Section 104 — Public Contracts Relating to Defence or Security
- Section 105 — Concessions
- Section 106 — Thresholds
- Section 107 — General Exceptions
- Section 108 — Exceptions for Cooperation with Other Public Authorities
- Section 109 — Exceptions for Awards Based on International Procedural Rules
- Section 110 — Award of Public Contracts and Concessions that Have Different Types of Procurement as Their Subject Matter
- Section 111 — Award of Public Contracts and Concessions Whose Parts Are Covered by Different Legal Regimes
- Section 112 — Award of Public Contracts and Concessions Covering Several Activities
- Section 113 — Power to Issue a Statutory Instrument
- Section 114 — Monitoring and Procurement Statistics
Division 2 Award of Public Contracts by Public Contracting Authorities
- Section 115 — Scope
- Section 116 — Special Exceptions
- Section 117 — Special Exceptions for Awards that Include Defence or Security Aspects
- Section 118 — Public Contracts Reserved for Certain Contractors
- Section 119 — Types of Procedures
- Section 120 — Special Techniques and Instruments in Procurement Procedures
- Section 121 — Tender Specifications
- Section 122 — Eligibility
- Section 123 — Compulsory Grounds for Exclusion
- Section 124 — Facultative Grounds for Exclusion
- Section 125 — Self-cleaning
- Section 126 — Allowable Period for Exclusion
- Section 127 — Contract Award
- Section 128 — Contract Performance
- Section 129 — Mandatory Contract Performance Conditions
- Section 130 — Award of Public Contracts for Social and Other Specific Services
- Section 131 — Award of Public Contracts for Passenger Transport Services by Rail
- Section 132 — Modification of Contracts During Their Term
- Section 133 — Termination of Public Contracts in Special Cases
- Section 134 — Information and Standstill Obligation
- Section 135 — Ineffectiveness
- Section 136 — Scope
- Section 137 — Special Exceptions
- Section 138 — Special Exception for Awards to Affiliated Undertakings
- Section 139 — Special Exception for Awards by or to a Joint Venture
- Section 140 — Special Exception for Activities that are Directly Exposed to Competition
- Section 141 — Types of Procedures
- Section 142 — Other Applicable Provisions
- Section 143 — Provision for Contracting Entities under the Federal Mining Act
- Section 144 — Scope
- Section 145 — Special Exceptions for the Award of Public Contracts Relating to Defence or Security
- Section 146 — Types of Procedure
- Section 147 — Other Applicable Provisions
- Section 148 — Scope
- Section 149 — Special Exceptions
- Section 150 — Special Exceptions for the Award of Concessions in the Fields of Defence and Security
- Section 151 — Procedure
- Section 152 — Requirements of the Concession Award Procedure
- Section 153 — Award of Concessions for Social and Other Specific Services
- Section 154 — Other Applicable Provisions
Division 1 Reviewing Authorities
- Section 155 — Principle
- Section 156 — Public Procurement Tribunals
- Section 157 — Composition, Independence
- Section 158 — Establishment, Organisation
- Section 159 — Delimitation of Competence of the Public Procurement Tribunals
Division 2 Proceedings before the Public Procurement Tribunal
- Section 160 — Initiation of the Proceedings, Application
- Section 161 — Form, Content
- Section 162 — Parties to the Proceedings, Admission to the Proceedings
- Section 163 — Principle of Investigation
- Section 164 — Storing of Confidential Documents
- Section 165 — Access to Files
- Section 166 — Hearing
- Section 167 — Expedition
- Section 168 — Decision of the Public Procurement Tribunal
- Section 169 — Suspension of the Procurement Procedure
- Section 170 — Exclusion of Divergent Land Law
Division 3 Immediate Appeal
- Section 171 — Admissibility, Jurisdiction
- Section 172 — The Limit, Formal Requirements, Content
- Section 173 — Effect
- Section 174 — Parties to the Appeal Proceedings
- Section 175 — Procedural Provisions
- Section 176 — Preliminary Decision on the Award
- Section 177 — End of the Procurement Procedure after the Decision of the Appellate Court
- Section 178 — Decision on the Appeal
- Section 179 — Binding Effect and Duty to Refer the Matter
- Section 180 — Damages in the Event of an Abuse of Rights
- Section 181 — Claim for Damages Arising from Reliance
- Section 182 — Costs of Proceedings before the Public Procurement Tribunal
- Section 183 — Corrective Mechanism of the Commission
- Section 184 — Information Duties of the Review Bodies