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EU SEND: a secure document exchange platform in DG Competition

EU SEND is a web based exchange platform that ensures secure transmission of documents between DG Competition and external stakeholders. 

EU SEND in replacing eTrustEx as of 11/11/2023.

EU SEND serves as a secure communication channel to send documents to DG Competition. EU SEND supports message encryption, message integrity through the use of checksum algorithms, 2-factor authentication via EU Login and traceability. For more information download the EU SEND user guide:

Download the EU SEND user guide

The current limits for document transmission via EU SEND are the following:

  • Maximum size of transmission: 4GB;
  • Maximum size of each file uploaded in the same transmission: 100MB;
  • Maximum number of files uploaded in the same transmission: 500;
  • Zip/7z and split zip files are not supported.

For Merger cases you can use EU SEND to submit to the Commission, for example:

  • Draft Form CO
  • Responses to Requests For Information
  • Responses to requests for internal documents, if smaller than 4 GB
  • Response to a Statement of Objections
  • Submission of draft remedies
  • Any other submission to the Commission

For Antitrust cases you can use EU SEND to submit to the Commission, for example:

  • Complaints
  • Comments on complaints
  • Responses to Requests For Information
  • Response to a Statement of Objections, a Preliminary Assessment or comments on the Article 7(1) letter
  • Any other submission to the Commission

For Foreign Subsidies cases you can use EU SEND to submit to the Commission, for example:

  • Draft Form FS CO
  • Responses to Requests for Information
  • Responses to requests for internal documents, if smaller than 4 GB
  • Comments following the opening of an in-depth investigation
  • Observation on the Commission’s grounds on which it intends to adopt its decision
  • Submission of commitments
  • Any other submission to the Commission

For Digital Markets Act cases you can use EU SEND to submit to the Commission, for example:

  • Responses to requests for information (Art. 21 DMA)
  • Form GD and Draft Form GD (Art. 3(3) DMA)
  • Request for regulatory dialogue on compliance with Art. 6 and 7 DMA (Art. 8(3) DMA)
  • Reasoned requests for suspension or exemption (Art. 9 & 10 DMA)
  • Compliance and audit reports (Art. 11 & 15 DMA)
  • Information about concentrations (Art. 14 DMA)
  • Submissions to the Commission pursuant to Articles 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 29 and 34 DMA
  • Any other submission to the Commission pursuant to the DMA and the Commission Implementing Regulation

 

For submissions larger than 4GB, please either split into more sendings or use a physical external carrier (DVD, USB, external hard drive).

For registration to use EU SEND, please click here.

NOTE: Users who had access to eTrustex (the predecessor of EU SEND) do not need to register as their accounts/access rights have been automatically migrated to EU SEND.

For further information, please contact COMP-EU-SENDatec [dot] europa [dot] eu (COMP-EU-SEND[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)

 

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