Member States shall ensure that the party having obtained access to the file of the enforcement proceedings of the national competition authorities may only use information taken from leniency statements and settlement submissions where necessary to exercise its rights of defence in proceedings before national courts in cases that are directly related to the case for which access has been granted, and only where such proceedings concern:
Áiritheoidh na Ballstáit nach féidir leis an bpáirtí dar tugadh rochtain ar an gcomhad maidir le himeachtaí forfheidhmiúcháin na n-údarás iomaíochta náisiúnta úsáid a bhaint as faisnéis arna tógáil ó na ráitis trócaire agus aighneachtaí socraíochta ach amháin nuair is gá sin chun a chearta cosanta a fheidhmiú in imeachtaí os comhair chúirteanna na mBallstát i gcásanna a bhaineann go díreach leis an gcás ar deonaíodh an rochtain ina leith, agus a bhaineann leis an méid seo a leanas: