Examples of EU Merger Regulation in a sentence
There are no rules of absolute illegality under Article 101, Article 102 or the EU Merger Regulation; all conduct demonstrated to produce restrictive or anticompetitive effects can be defended if evidence of offsetting benefits can be demonstrated (in the context of Article 101 this generally occurs within the structure set out by Article 101(3)163).
That is why the Commission welcomed the input provided by the three independent Special Advisers in their report of April 2019 on digitisation and competition law.71 The report contained specific analysis and suggestions on merger control issues, both from a jurisdictional and a substantive perspective.The Special Advisors believe that a change to the EU Merger Regulation is not necessary at this point in time.
Mr. Migliorino reviewed the 2008 Bond, the 2013 Bond, and the Maintenance and Operations (M&O) Override expenditures through June 30, 2016 reporting the 2008 Bond projects are 100% complete, theMinutes for the Regular Board Meeting October 25, 2016Page 2 of 3 2013 Bond projects are 22% complete, and the M&O Override expenditures were $16,234,999.
Not only has the EU Merger Regulation been in place long enough for a consistent assessment to be possible,1 but there has also been controversy over the standard of proof - in particular with regard to economic assessments - as well as the margin of discretion that the European Commission operates under, when assessing the competitive effects of mergers.
This document illustrates, on the basis of examples, the importance of an adequate control of the anticompetitive effects that non-controlling minority shareholdings (hereafter "structural links") might give rise to, which are currently not covered by the EU Merger Regulation.