The General Rapporteur of the Autorité de la concurrence shall be informed before they are launched of any investigations that the Minister responsible for the economy wishes to be carried out into facts likely to fall within the scope of Articles L. 420-1 to L. 420-2-2 and L. 420-5 or be contrary to measures taken pursuant to Article L. 410-3 and may, within a period set by decree, take over their management.
The rapporteur general shall be informed without delay of the results of the investigations carried out by the Minister’s departments. He may, within a period set by decree, propose to the Authority that it take up the matter on its own initiative.