MERGER CONTROL
December 1st, 2002
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Commission has moved to shore up the increasingly shaky reputation of its merger control regime, by proposing a comprehensive package of reforms designed to streamline its regulation European competition law, focusing its efforts on real problem cases.At the same time, Brussels has announced that it will create the position of Chief Competition Economist, who will work with its competition officials "providing an economic view-point to decision-makers, as well as ongoing guidance." The move follows a series of embarrassing reverses ...
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