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New page: '''Score = 27 ''' ''Governed by: '''''EU law''': Articles 81 and 82 of the Treaty Establishing the European Communities (Rome Treaty), Regulation 1/2003 of 16 December 2002.<ref>Available...

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''Governed by: '''''EU law''': Articles 81 and 82 of the Treaty Establishing the European Communities (Rome Treaty), Regulation 1/2003 of 16 December 2002.<ref>Available at http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/antitrust/legislation/legislation.html</ref> Mergers are governed by Council Regulation 139/2004 on the control of concentrations between undertaking (the EC Merger Regulation) of 20 January 2004.<ref>Available at http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/mergers/legislation/regulations.html#merger_reg</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Category !! Subcategory !! Score !! Comment

|- class="categorydivision"
| Scope
| Extraterritoriality
| 1
| EU law (the Rome Treaty) governs whenever conduct has effects on trade between Member States pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation 1/2003.

|- class="categorydivision"
| Remedies
| Fines
| 1
| Council Regulation 1/2003 (Chapter VI, Articles 23 and 24)

|-
|
| Prison Sentences
| 0
|

|-
|
| Divestitures
| 1
| Article 8(4) of Regulation 139/2004 (EC Merger Regulation).

|- class="categorydivision"
| Private Enforcement
| 3rd Party Initiation
| 1
| Council Regulation 1/2003 (Chapter III, Article 7(2))

|-
|
| Remedies Available to 3rd Parties
| 1
| Private citizens have a right to bring a civil action in a national court with adequate competence.<ref>Green Paper: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2005:0672:FIN:EN:PDF</ref>

|-
|
| 3rd Party Rights in Proceedings
| 1
| Council Regulation 1/2003 (Chapter VIII, Article 3)) - 3rd parties may be heard by the Comission in proceedings; interested 3rd parties have the right to be heard in merger assessment proceedings (preamble to EC Merger Control Regulation 139/2004, para. 38)

|- class="categorydivision"
| Merger Notification
| Voluntary
| 0
|

|-
|
| Mandatory
| 3
| Article 4(1), Articles 6 and 7 of EC Merger Regulation 139/2004.

|-
|
| Pre-merger
| 2
| Article 4(1), Articles 6 and 7 of EC Merger Regulation 139/2004.

|-
|
| Post-merger
| 0
|

|- class="categorydivision"
| Merger Assessment
| Dominance
| 1
| EC Merger Control Regulation 139/2004, Article 2(1)(b), 2(2) and 2(3)
|-
|
| Restriction of Competition
| 1
| EC Merger Control Regulation 139/2004, Article 2(1), 2(2) and 2(3)

|-
|
| Public Interest (Pro D)
| 1
| EC Merger Control Regulation 139/2004, Article 2(1)(b)

|-
|
| Public Interest (Pro Authority)
| 1
| EC Merger Control Regulation 139/2004, Article 2(1)(b)

|-
|
| Other
| 0
|

|-
|
| Efficiency
| 1
| Preamble to EC Merger Control Regulation 139/2004 on page 4 (para. 29).

|- class="categorydivision"
| Dominance
| Limits Access
| 1
| Article 82(b) of the Rome Treaty prohibits limiting access.

|-
|
| Abusive Acts
| 1
| Article 82 of the Rome Treaty prohibits abuse of dominant position.

|-
|
| Price Setting
| 1
| Article 82(a) of the Rome Treaty prohibits price setting.

|-
|
| Discriminatory Pricing
| 1
| Article 82(c) of the Rome Treaty prohibits discriminatory conditions.

|-
|
| Resale Price Maintenance
| 1
| Article 82(a) of the Rome Treaty prohibits resale price maintenance.

|-
|
| Obstacles to Entry
| 1
| Article 82 of the Rome Treaty prohibits anti-competitive pricing schemes.

|-
|
| Efficiency Defense
| 0
|

|- class="categorydivision"
| Restrictive Trade Practices
| Price Fixing
| 1
| Article 81(1)(a) of the Rome Treaty prohibits price fixing.

|-
|
| Tying
| 1
| Article 81(1)(e) of the Rome Treaty prohibits tying.

|-
|
| Market Division
| 1
| Article 81 of the Rome Treaty prohibits customer allocation clauses.

|-
|
| Output Restraint
| 1
| Article 81(1)(b) of the Rome Treaty prohibits limiting production.

|-
|
| Market Sharing
| 1
| Article 81(1)(c) of the Rome Treaty prohibits market sharing.

|-
|
| Eliminating Competitors
| 1
| Article 81(1) of the Rome Treaty prohibits agreements that have the purpose or effect of eliminating competition.

|-
|
| Collusive Tendering/Bid-Rigging
| 1
| Article 81 of the Rome Treaty prohibits bid-rigging.<ref>http://www.eujapan.com/europe/seminar_tokyo_mehta1_april08.pdf</ref>

|-
|
| Supply Refusal
| 1
| Article 81(1)(b) of the Rome Treaty prohibits supply refusal.

|-
|
| Efficiency Defense
| 1
| Article 81(3) of the Rome Treaty allows an efficiency defense.

|}

== References ==
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