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1. Member States which designate both a national administrative competition authority and a national judicial competition authority as being responsible for the application of Articles 101 and 102 TFEU shall ensure that actions before the national judicial competition authority can be brought directly by the national administrative competition authority.

2. To the extent that national courts act in proceedings brought against decisions taken by national competition authorities exercising the powers referred to in Chapter IV and Articles 13 and 16 of this Directive for the application of Article 101 or 102 TFEU, including the enforcement of fines and periodic penalty payments imposed in that respect, Member States shall ensure that the national administrative competition authority is of its own right fully entitled to participate as appropriate as a prosecutor, defendant or respondent in those proceedings and to enjoy the same rights as such public parties to these proceedings.

3. The national administrative competition authority shall be empowered with the same rights as set out in paragraph 2 to appeal against:

(a) decisions of national courts pronouncing on decisions taken by national competition authorities as referred to in Chapter IV and Articles 13 and 16 of this Directive, concerning the application of Article 101 or 102 TFEU, including the enforcement of fines and periodic penalty payments imposed in that respect; and (b) the refusal of a national judicial authority to grant prior authorisation of an inspection referred to in Articles 6 and 7 of this Directive, to the extent that such an authorisation is required.