Question juridique clé
Whether the Competition Commission violated the right to be heard by not issuing a separate incidental decision on competence and by not granting a further period to comment on the merits.
Solution extraite
No. EEF had already been heard on the merits and could not reasonably expect another deadline; a separate incidental decision was not required at that late stage.
Motifs extraits
The court held that the request for procedural measures did not suspend the duty to address the merits, the authority had expressly signaled it would proceed quickly, and Article 3 LCart concerns scope of application rather than competence.