Member States shall ensure that national administrative competition authorities are empowered in their own territory to exercise the powers referred to in Articles 6 to 9 of this Directive, in accordance with their national law on behalf of and for the account of other national competition authorities in order to establish whether there has been a failure by undertakings or associations of undertakings to comply with the investigative measures and decisions of the applicant national competition authority, as referred to in Articles 6 and 8 to 12 of this Directive.
Áiritheoidh na Ballstáit go dtabharfar de chumhacht do na húdaráis iomaíochta náisiúnta riaracháin ina gcríoch féin na cumhachtaí dá dtagraítear in Airteagail 6 go 9 den Treoir seo a fheidhmiú, i gcomhréir lena ndlí náisiúnta ar son agus na n-údarás iomaíochta náisiúnta eile agus do chuntas na n-údarás sin le fáil amach ar mhainnigh gnóthais nó comhlachais gnóthas na bearta imscrúdaitheacha agus cinntí ón údarás is iarratasóir, dá dtagraítear in Airteagail 6 agus 8 go 12 den Treoir seo, a chomhlíonadh.