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As is well known, the European Commission has various powers to conduct dawn raids or, as they are properly called, "inspections" on premises so as to facilitate the Commission's investigation of possible breaches of competition law
On 15 January 2009 the Commission confirmed that it had sent a Statement of Objections (SO) to Microsoft outlining its preliminary view that Microsoft's tying of its Internet Explorer web browser to its dominant Windows PC operating system infringes abuse of dominance rules contrary to Article 82 of the EC Treaty
