merger control

In such circumstances the provisions of national merger control will apply.

You are quite right: merger control is also included.

Merger control is about predicting what the market might be like, not knowing and making a judgment.

They may also be subject to domestic merger control.

We need a new merger control and a new competition policy.

In practice most merger control regimes are based on very similar underlying principles.

Nevertheless, we should not allow these specific, individual cases to distort our view of the Community merger control policy.

Merger control and competition law are becoming increasingly important factors in business acquisitions.

Over 60 nations worldwide have adopted a regime providing for merger control.

The care with which the Commission has exercised its powers in the area of merger control cannot have escaped you.

However the Commission welcomes the involvement of workers' representatives in the merger control process.

The main emphasis of this event will be on current trends in mergers and merger control.

The acquisition is subject to clearance by the competent merger control authorities.

As you know, we initiated a vast reform of merger control procedures a long time before these recent rulings.

Granted, we have an instrument - the 1989 merger control regulation - and this is to remain our framework for action.

One-stop merger control, for all but the largest mergers, remains a goal, not a present reality.

We believe that merger control policy - just like competition policy in general - must be fair but, at the same time, strict.

The United Kingdom, for instance, has a voluntary merger control regime.

Commissioner, I should like to ask you to take greater account of workers' rights in your merger control work ...

Accordingly most merger control regimes normally provide for one of the following substantive tests:

The majority of merger jurisdictions worldwide have mandatory merger control systems.

A number of jurisdictions worldwide have a merger control regime which imposes a global bar on closing.

Completion of the agreements was conditional on obtaining merger control clearance in Ireland.

The EC competition rules now include merger control.

For more information, see the page in this guide on who is responsible for UK merger control?