EU SEND: a secure document exchange platform in DG Competition
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-SENDec [dot] europa [dot] eu (COMP-EU-SEND[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)