Moreover, providing NCAs with the power to obtain all information related to the undertaking subject to the investigation, including in digital form, irrespective of the medium on which it is stored, would also affect the scope of the NCAs' powers when, at the early stages of their proceedings, they take the relevant investigative measure on the basis of national competition law applied in parallel to Articles 101 and 102 TFEU.
Anuas air sin, tríd an gcumhacht a thabhairt do ÚINanna an fhaisnéis uile faoin ngnóthas atá faoi imscrúdú a fháil, lena n-áirítear i bhfoirm dhigiteach, gan beann ar an meán ina bhfuil sin stóráilte, dhéanfadh difear do raon feidhme na gcumhachtaí atá ag ÚINanna tráth a ndéanann siad, go luath sna himeachtaí, an beart imscrúdaitheach cuí ar bhonn, an dlí iomaíochta náisiúnta a chuirtear i bhfeidhm i gcomhthráth le hAirteagail 101 agus 102 CFAE.