DG Competition Publishes Best Practices On Disclosure Of Information In Data Rooms

On 2 June 2015, the Directorate-General for Competition ("DG Competition") published its best practices on disclosure of information in data rooms in Article 101/102 and merger control proceedings. Such best practices provide practical guidance on when and how to use data rooms to disclose in a restricted manner business secrets and other confidential information obtained during proceedings under EU antitrust rules as well as under the Merger Regulation. They explain the role of data rooms, the general principles applied by DG Competition in deciding whether to organise a data room, the scope of the data included in the data room, the organisation of data rooms as well as the involvement of data providers and the role of the Hearing Officer.