7.—(1) Where the Commission has conducted an investigation into any agreement or conduct and the Commission proposes to make a decision that the section 34 prohibition or the section 47 prohibition has been infringed, as the case may be, the Commission shall —
(a)
give notice of this to each person whom the Commission considers is or was a party to the agreement, or is or was engaged in the conduct, as the case may be, which the Commission considers has infringed a prohibition; and
(b)
state in such notice which prohibition the Commission considers has been infringed.
(2) Where the Commission has conducted an investigation into any anticipated merger or merger and the Commission proposes to make a decision that —
(a)
an anticipated merger, if carried into effect, will infringe the section 54 prohibition; or
(b)
a merger has infringed the section 54 prohibition,
the Commission shall give notice of this to each person whom the Commission considers is or was a party to the anticipated merger or party involved in the merger, as the case may be.
(3) Regulation 8 shall apply to a notice given by the Commission under this regulation.