MERGER MODELS
July 1st, 2002
BY ALAN OSBORNTHE EUROPEAN Commission is developing standard models for the following-up of divestiture commitments and trustee mandates in merger cases where companies promise to sell interests to get a deal cleared by Brussels competition authorities.The Commission said that the use of the models, which are based on the 12 years of experience since the EU's merger regulation was first implemented, would relieve merging companies and its officials of heavy administrative demands during the so-called remedies stage in merger review procedures, where the timing of ...
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