eTrustEx serves as a secure communication channel to send documents to DG Competition. eTrustEx supports message encryption, message integrity through the use of checksum algorithms, authentication via EU Login and traceability. For more information download the eTrustEx user guide:
general_etrustex_user_guide.pdf
English
The current limits for document transmission via eTrustEx 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;
For Merger cases you can use eTrustEx 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 eTrustEx 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 eTrustEx 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 eTrustEx 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 eTrustEx, please click here.
For further information, please contact COMP-ETRUSTEX
ec [dot] europa [dot] eu (COMP-ETRUSTEX[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)