EU Merger Control Five Years after the Introduction of the SIEC Test : What Explains the Drop in Enforcement Activity?

The most striking initial observation when looking at the Commission's track record in 2004-2008 is that its horizontal merger enforcement seems to have ground to a near halt when measured by the number and proportion of prohibition decisions. However, as we argue below, prohibition decisions form only part of the Commission's merger control activity, and the apparent drop in prohibition decisions during 2004-2008 does therefore not automatically imply ineffective enforcement

MoreLess

Year of publication:	2011
Authors:	Maier-Rigaud, Frank P.
Other Persons:	Parplies, Kay (contributor)
Publisher:	[2011]: [S.l.] : SSRN
Subject:	Fusionskontrolle \| Merger control \| EU-Staaten \| EU countries

Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (15 p)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	In: European Competition Law Review (ECLR), Vol. 30, No. 11, pp. 565-579, 2009 Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments 2009 erstellt
Classification:	K21 - Antitrust Law ; L40 - Antitrust Policy. General
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013125863