Member States shall ensure that national competition authorities are empowered to act on their own initiative to order by decision the imposition of interim measures on undertakings and associations of undertakings, at least in cases where there is urgency due to the risk of serious and irreparable harm to competition, on the basis of a prima facie finding of an infringement of Article 101 or Article 102 TFEU.
Áiritheoidh na Ballstáit go bhfuil sé de chumhacht ag na húdaráis iomaíochta náisiúnta gníomhú ar a dtionscnamh féin trí chinneadh a dhéanamh go bhforchuirfí bearta eatramhacha ar ghnóthais agus ar chomhlachais gnóthas, sna cásanna sin ar a laghad ina bhfuil práinn leo mar gheall ar an mbaol go ndéanfaí dochar tromchúiseach doleigheasta don iomaíocht ar bhonn cinnidh prima facie go ndearnadh sárú ar Airteagal 101 CFAE nó Airteagal 102 CFAE.