Judgment of the Court of 22 October 2002.

Roquette Frères SA v Directeur général de la concurrence, de la consommation et de la répression des fraudes, and Commission of the European Communities.

Reference for a preliminary ruling: Cour de cassation - France.

Competition law - Article 14(3) and (6) of Regulation No 17 - Commission decision ordering an investigation - Provision of assistance by national authorities - Interpretation of the judgment of 21 September 1989 in Hoechst v Commission - General principles - Protection against arbitrary or disproportionate intervention by public authorities in the private activities of a legal person - Scope of the review which a competent national court is required to carry out for the purposes of authorising coercive measures against undertakings - Commission's duty to provide information - Duty to cooperate in good faith.

Case C-94/00.

Reports of Cases

2002 I-09011