Jose Rivas – författare

This book provides a timely, precise and comprehensive guide to the scope of European Merger Control Regulations. It follows a practical approach, which is aimed at fulfilling the need for straightforward, user-friendly introduction to the workings of merger control at European level. It is designed to provide the reader with the framework provisions, as opposed to a acase analysis, theby enabling those involved with mergers to understand more comprehensively how the Regulation and decisions of the Merger Task Force affect specific mergers, organisations and business.

The scope and functions of the Merger Regulation are set out fully and step-by-step guides to the various procedures are provided. Information sources include the full text of the Regulations as amended, relevant Commission Notices together with details of the national authorities dealing with mergers.

As the EU moves further towards the accomplishment of the internal market and as mergers of ever-increasing value take place, the Merger Regulation and the work of the Merger Task Force gas become of heightened importance. For lawyers and companies involved in mergers, this book will provide a very useful reference manual.

This book is the result of a Conference held in London in September 1999, jointly organised by Hammond Suddards Solicitors and the Centre for the Law of the European Union of University College London. This conference was the first to address the issues surrounding the European Commission''s White Paper published in April 1999. In this respect, the conference presented distinguished speakers with their first opportunity to air their views in public on this important development in the evolution of competition law in the European Union. The editors have tried to cover as much ground as possible, giving the views of authoritative contributors and competition authorities from most of the major European countries and from the European Commission. The contributors naturally focus on the Commission''s White Paper and view their national situation in this light. There is extensive treatment of the situation in the UK and the entry into force of the UK Competition Act.