Interpretative text adopted by the Commission in order to facilitate the application of competition rules and to provide for transparency and legal certainty with regard to the Commission’s administrative practice. These texts are sometimes also referred to as guidelines and are published in the Official Journal of the European Communities. They can also be found on the web site of Competition DG.
Source: Glossary of terms used in EU competition policy, Antitrust and control of concentrations, European Commission, 2002