80The applicant thus misinterprets the cooperation instituted by Regulation No 1/2003 between the Commission and the competition authorities of the Member States. There is no provision in the regulation establishing a rule allocating powers, such as that alleged by the applicant, whereby the Commission is not authorised to carry out an inspection if a national competition authority is already dealing with the same matter. On the contrary, Article 11(6) of Regulation No 1/2003 provides, subject only to consultation of the national authority concerned, that the Commission retains the option of initiating proceedings for the adoption of a decision, even where a national authority is already acting in the matter.