【注释部分】欧洲委员会《横向合并评估指南》

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1、欧洲委员会《横向合并评估指南》注释部分(1)CouncilRegulation(EC)No139/2004of20January2004(OJL24,29.1.2004,p.1).(2)CaseT-102/96,GencorvCommission,[1999]ECRII-753,paragraph200.SeeJoinedCasesC-68/94andC-30/95,FranceandothersvCommission(hereinafter"KaliandSalz"),[1998]ECRI-1375,paragraph221.Inexceptionalcircumstances,a

2、mergermaygiverisetothecreationorthestrengtheningofadominantpositiononthepartofanundertakingwhichisnotapartytothenotifiedtransaction(seeCaseIV/M.1383-Exxon/Mobil,points225-229;CaseCOMP/M.2434-GrupoVillarMIR/EnBW/HidroelectricadelCantabrico,points67-71).(3)SeealsoJoinedCasesC-68/94andC-30/95,Kali

3、andSalz,paragraph170.(4)SeeRecitals25and26oftheMergerRegulation.(5)Theterm"concentration"usedintheMergerRegulationcoversvarioustypesoftransactionssuchasmergers,acquisitions,takeovers,andcertaintypesofjointventures.Intheremainderofthisnotice,unlessotherwisespecified,theterm"merger"willbeusedasas

4、ynonymforconcentrationandthereforecoveralltheabovetypesoftransactions.(6)Thenoticedoesnotcovertheassessmentoftheeffectsofcompetitionthatamergerhasinothermarkets,includingverticalandconglomerateeffects.NordoesitcovertheassessmentoftheeffectsofajointventureasreferredtoinArticle2(4)oftheMergerRegu

5、lation.(7)Theexpressionshouldbeunderstoodtoalsocoversituationswhere,forinstance,pricesaredecreasedless,orarelesslikelytodecrease,thantheyotherwisewouldhavewithoutthemergerandwherepricesareincreasedmore,oraremorelikelytoincrease,thantheyotherwisewouldhavewithoutthemerger.(8)Byanalogy,inthecaseof

6、amergerthathasbeenimplementedwithouthavingbeennotified,theCommissionwouldassessthemergerinthelightofthecompetitiveconditionsthatwouldhaveprevailedwithouttheimplementedmerger.(9)See,e.g.CommissionDecision98/526/ECinCaseIV/M.950-HoffmannLaRoche/BoehringerMannheim,OJL234,21.8.1998,p.14,point13;Cas

7、eIV/M.1846-GlaxoWellcome/SmithKlineBeecham,points70-72;CaseCOMP/M.2547-Bayer/AventisCropScience,points324etseq.(10)See,e.g.CaseT-102/96,GencorvCommission,[1999]ECRII-753,paragraphs247-263.(11)OJC372,9.12.1997,p.5.(12)SeeCaseT-102/