• Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU, consolidated); Annex: tables of equivalences


• Treaty establishing the European Community (since 01.12.2009 replaced by TFEU)


• Treaty on European Union (consolidated)


• Charter of fundamental rights of the European Union (2000/C 364/01)



• Regulation (EEC) No 1017/68 applying rules of competition to transport by rail, road and inland waterway


• Regulation (EEC) No 2988/74 concerning limitation periods in proceedings and the enforcement of sanctions under the rules of the European Economic Community relating to transport and competition


• Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86 laying down detailed rules for the application of Articles 85 and 86 of the Treaty to maritime transport


• Regulation (EEC) No 3975/87 laying down the procedure for the application of the rules on competition to undertakings in the air transport sector


• Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents


• Regulation (EC) No 1/2003, see Database on Antitrust



• Fourth Council Directive of the Treaty on the annual accounts of certain types of companies (78/660/EEC)


• Directive 86/635/EEC on the annual accounts and consolidated accounts of banks and other financial institutions


• Directive 91/674/EEC on the annual accounts and consolidated accounts of insurance undertakings


• Directive 2000/12/EC relating to the taking up and pursuit of the business of credit institutions


• Directive 2004/17/EC coordinating the procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors


• Directive 2004/18/EC on the coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts


• Directive 2004/25/EC on takeover bids

• European Commission - Competition

a) Jurisdiction:

• Jurisdictional notices


• Exchange rates to calculate the turnover

b) Material assessment:

• Guidelines on the assessment of horizontal mergers (2004/C 31/03)


• Guidelines on the assessment of non-horizontal mergers (2008/C 265/07), q.v. IP/07/1780


• Commission Notice on restrictions directly related and necessary to concentrations (2005/C 56/03)

c) Remedies:

• Commission notice on remedies acceptable under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 and under Commission Regulation (EC) No 802/2004 (2008/C 267/01)


• Best Practice Guidelines: The Commission’s Model Texts for Divestiture Commitments and the Trustee Mandate under the EC Merger Regulation


• Merger Remedies Study (2005)

d) Process:

• Communication pursuant to Article 23(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 802/2004 (2004/C 139/02)


• Communication pursuant to Article 3(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 802/2004 (2006/C 251/02)




Official Notice of the Commission: Please note: Due to the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union on 1 January 2007, the European Commission will require extra copies of merger notifications and reasoned submissions in order to be able to send them to these new member states as well. Therefore, we kindly request that you provide 32 (thirty-two) CD- or DVD-Roms, instead of the 30 (thirty) mentioned in the above Communication on the format of notifications and reasoned submissions.





• Commission Decision on the terms of reference of hearing officers in certain competition proceedings (C(2001) 1461)
  
  Guidance on procedures of the Hearing Officers in proceedings relating to Articles 101 and 102 TFEU
  
  Hearing Officers


• Communication from the Commission concerning certain aspects of the treatment of competition cases resulting from the expiry of the ECSC Treaty (2002/C 152/03)


• Commission Notice on the rules for access to the Commission file in cases pursuant to Articles 81 and 82 of the EC Treaty, Articles 53, 54 and 57 of the EEA Agreement and Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2005/C 325/07)


• Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2005/C 56/04)


• Commission Notice on Case Referral in respect of concentrations (2005/C 56/02), q.v. Körber, WuW 2007, 330 (german)


• DG Competition Information note on Art. 6 (1) c 2nd sentence of Regulation 139/2004 (abandonment of concentrations)


• Best Practices on merger control proceedings


• Best Practices for the Submission of Economic Evicence and Data Collection in Cases Concerning the Application of Articles 101 and 102 TFEU and in Merger Cases, q.v. IP/10/2


• Best Practices on Cooperation between EU National Competition Authorities in Merger Review


• Best Practices on Cooperation in Merger Investigations


• Market Share Ranges in non-confidential versions of merger decisions (11.12.2008)

• Directorate General for Competition


• Rules of Procedure of the Commission


• Public holidays: 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008



Publication:


• Report on Competition Policy (since 1993)


• EC Competiton Policy Newsletter (since 1994)


• Monthly Bulletin der EZB



• Glossary of terms used in EU competition policy (2002)



Official Notice of the Commission: "Please be advised that as of 1 May 2004 some of the information in this glossary is no longer valid. The Commission accepts no responsibility if you rely on its content".




• Commission Report on the functioning of Regulation No 139/2004
  
  Commission staff working paper accompanying the report: thresholds and referral mechanisms (corrigendum with Annex 3 included), q.v. IP/09/963



Studies:


• For the customer’s sake: The competitive effects of efficiencies in European merger control


• The Efficiency-Enhancing Effects of Non-Horizontal Mergers


• The Impact of Vertical and Conglomerate Mergers on Competition


• Effects of Mergers Involving Differenciated Products


• The Economics of Tacit Collusion


• The Economics of Unilateral Effects


• Merger Remedies Study


• Surveying, Assessing and Analysing the Pharmaceutical Sector in the 25 EU Member States


• Ex-post Review of Merger Control Decisions (Lear): Final Report, Annexes

• Merger Cases


• Publication of other case information


• Statistics

• Website of the European Court of Justice (ECJ)

Lists of links to the full text of all decisions:

• Eur-Lex database


• Eurovoc


• N-Lex


• Official Journal of the European Union (from 1998)


• Publications

• Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (1998, 1st revision)



2nd revision 2004:


• Monitoring of the decision-making process between institutions


• Commission Proposal (2003/C 20/06)


• Draft: Commission Notice on the appraisal of horizontal mergers (2002/C 331/03)



Outdated notices / notices / guidelines:


• Commission Notice (98/C 66/01) on the concept of full-function joint ventures


• Commission Notice (98/C 66/02) on the concept of concentration


• Commission Notice (98/C 66/03) on the concept of undertakings concerned


• Commission Notice (98/C 66/04) on calculation of turnover


• Consultation on the draft guidelines for the assessment of non-horizontal mergers


• Commission Notice (2001/C 68/03) on remedies acceptable
  
  Draft: Commission Notice on remedies acceptable
  
  Commission Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 802/2004
  
  IP/07/544, q.v. Commission Website

• European Competition Authorities (ECA)


• European Competition Network (ECN), ECN Brief


• Principles of the European Competition Authorities Association (ECA principles)


• ECA procedures guide post Athens



• Documents to the EEA / EFTA documents about the application of the Merger Regulation 139/2004 of the EEA


• Documents to the EEA / EFTA


• Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 78/2004 amending Annex XIV, Protocol 21, 22 and 24 to the EEA Agreement



• Overview: Bilateral relations on competition issues



• Agreement EC - Brazil: Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation


• Agreement EC - Canada regarding the application of their competition laws


• Agreement EC - Japan concerning cooperation on anti-competitive activities


• Agreement EC - Republic of Korea concerning cooperation on anti-competitive activities


• Agreement EC - Swiss Confederation on Air Transport


• Agreement EC - USA on the application of positive comity principles in the enforcement of their competition laws


• Agreement EU - US Merger Working Group: Best Practices on Cooperation in Merger Investigations

• International Competition Network (ICN)


• Waivers of confidentiality in merger investigations: Commission Waiver Model



ICN-Documents:


• Analysis of Merger Guidelines (2004):
  
  - Chapter 1: Overview
  - Chapter 2: Market Definition
  - Chapter 3: Unilateral Effects
  - Chapter 4: Co-Ordinated Effects
  - Chapter 5: Barriers To Entry And Expansion
  - Chapter 6: Efficiencies



• Investigative Techniques Handbook for Merger Review (2005)


• Merger Remedies Review Project (2005)


• Subgroup 1: Merger Notification and Procedures Implementation Handbook (2006)


• Subgroup 2: Merger Investigation and Analysis Merger Guidelines Workbook (2006)



OECD-Documents:


• OECD (Competition)


• Efficiency Claims in Mergers and Other Horizontal Agreements (1996)


• Airline Mergers and Alliances (2000)


• Mergers in Financial Services (2000)


• Competition Issues in Joint Ventures (2001)


• Portfolio Effects in Comglomerate Mergers (2002)


• Merger Review in Emerging High Innovation Markets (2003)


• Substantive Criteria used for the Assessment of Mergers (2003)


• Media Mergers (2003)


• Merger Remedies (2004)


• Council Recommendation on Merger Review C(2005)34

• Antitrust authorities: Overview of the EC


• Merger regulations: Overview of the ICN


• International Competition Legal Guide (ICLG) / Merger Control

• Please click here for the national regulations.

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