Talk:European Union merger law

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The article fails to acknowledge significant criticisms of EC merger law as applied, (including the use of the clearance process as regulatory extortion). For example, several believe that the EU blocked the GE-Honeywell merger for protectionist reasons, rather than as a matter of sound competition law, given that the EU justified the block on grounds of discredited leverage theories while US authorities approved it.

This seems to have been added. -- Beland 03:25, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

It seems sort of silly to focus the criticisms on the GE-Honeywell case given that the ECMR 2004 was brought in after this case and overhauled the system. Indeed, the ECMR was proposed to address concerns raised in the wake of that decision and were lauded by U.S. Competition authorities (see: http://www.europeanvoice.com/article/imported/monti-unveils-merger-reform-proposals-based-on-us-model/46333.aspx for example).Connolly15 (talk) 12:37, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

I've added an out of date tag to the criticism section as the criticisms are all date to before the ECMR and a case from 10 years ago. There are modern criticisms - hence the Commission's current review of the merger regulations which may lead to a proposal to reform them, but they have little to do with what is mentioned in this article. Will try to get back to this if I have time.Connolly15 (talk) 13:09, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

Requested move

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The result of the proposal was non-admin closure as no controversial debate and unanimous approval. Connolly15 (talk) 14:57, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

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European Community merger law → European Union merger law – Relisted. Favonian (talk) 15:29, 20 February 2012 (UTC) This descriptive title is inaccurate, as the European Community is now referred to as the European Union since the Treaty of Lisbon. Connolly15 (talk) 14:46, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

• Support - seems like a no-brainer to me. – ukexpat (talk) 16:13, 20 February 2012 (UTC)
• Support - I don't think this is a controversial move at all. Green Giant (talk) 20:49, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

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