Decision of the President of the European Commission of 29 February 2012 on the function and terms of reference of the hearing officer in certain trade proceedings (2012/199/EU)

Article 2 U.K. Definitions

For the purposes of this Decision the following definitions shall apply:

(a)

‘trade proceeding’ means any investigation or an administrative procedure performed by the Commission services under any of the basic Regulations;

(b)

‘interested party’ means any person whose interests are affected by a trade proceeding, as defined in the applicable basic Regulation;

(c)

‘rights of the interested parties’ means the procedural rights and the right of every person to have its affairs handled impartially, fairly and within a reasonable time in trade proceedings.