EU competition policy aims to protect the efficient functioning of markets from competition distortions, whether originating from Member States (distortive State aid), market players (distortive unilateral or coordinated behaviour), or mergers that would significantly impede effective...

EU competition policy aims to protect the efficient functioning of markets from competition distortions, whether originating from Member States (distortive State aid), market players (distortive unilateral or coordinated behaviour), or mergers that would significantly impede effective...

In January 2016, the Commission cleared the acquisition of the global #2 beverage can manufacturer Rexam by the global #1 Ball, subject to the divestiture of nearly the whole overlap in Europe. A key feature of the phase 2 investigation is the adoption of customer-centric catch-ment areas as the...

In recent years the Commission examined many telecommunication mergers in Europe and gained significant experience in assessing the different issues raised by consolidations involving mobile-only operators or mobile and fixed operators. While mobileonly mergers often result in horizontal...