Levy, Nicholas --- "Procedural aspects of merger control" [2013] ELECD 1179; in Lianos, Ioannis; Geradin, Damien (eds), "Handbook on European Competition Law" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2013) 273

Book Title: Handbook on European Competition Law

Editor(s): Lianos, Ioannis; Geradin, Damien

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781782546092

Section: Chapter 5

Section Title: Procedural aspects of merger control

Author(s): Levy, Nicholas

Number of pages: 55

Abstract/Description:

Unlike many systems of merger control, the principal legal instruments of EU merger control – the Merger Regulation and the Implementing Regulation – contain detailed rules on the EU’s jurisdictional remit, the manner in which concentrations should be notified, the timetable for reviewing reportable concentrations and rendering an array of different decisions, the circumstances in which fines may be imposed and the rights of notifying and third parties. In addition, the Commission has adopted a series of Notices that explain the Commission’s thinking on an array of jurisdictional, substantive and procedural issues, codify the Commission’s decisional practice and take account of relevant judgments of the EU courts. Finally, unlike in certain other jurisdictions, including in particular the United States, the Commission publishes a detailed reasoned decision at the end of every investigation approving or prohibiting a transaction.