The EU Advocate General Nils Wahl recommends the avoidance of "fishing expeditions" during dawn-raid (Deutsche Bahn)

European Commission dawn raids – Advocate General recommends the avoidance of “fishing expeditions”* Earlier this month, Advocate General Wahl delivered his opinion in the Deutsche Bahn1 case. This case concerns important practical principles which govern the conduct of European Commission dawn raids (on-the-spot surprise inspections used to investigate possible infringements of the EU competition rules). In particular, the case focusses on what inspectors can do with documents that that they have found during an inspection which do not relate to the subject matter of their inspection, but indicate separate unrelated anti-competitive behaviour. Business needs to review closely this opinion (and final judgment in this case) to ensure that their dawn raid procedures and training reflect