Ec Merger Control Regulation Right of Defence, a Critical Analysis of Dg Comp Practice And

Merger control constitutes a well-established pillar of EU competition law. However, the drafters of the Community competition merger legislation, in view of the need to attain the imperative goal of market integration, put more emphasis on the clarification of the substantive rules applied by the Commission through enhancing its supervisory powers than on the necessity for protecting the defendant parties or any involved third parties in merger proceedings. Here for the first time is an in-depth analysis of the rights of notifying parties and third parties in merger proceedings, as reflected in the administrative practice of the Commission and the case law of the Community courts.Kekelekis, Mihalis is the author of 'Ec Merger Control Regulation Right of Defence, a Critical Analysis of Dg Comp Practice And', published 2006 under ISBN 9789041125538 and ISBN 9041125531.