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The EU Merger Working Group: Looking Through the Rear View Mirror

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  • 1. German Competition Authority (Bonn) Rapporteur, Financial Services Division

Description

This unit was published in „International Cooperation of Competition Authorities in Europe: from Bilateral Agreements to Transgovernmental Networks” Błachucki, M., ed., (2020).

The article provides the author’s personal perspective on the establishment and works of the MWG and describing the functions of a closed and informal transnational network of European NCAs in the following aspects: policy development and the guidance document on NCA-cooperation; as a platform for the exchange of experiences between NCAs for current issues regarding the interpretation of EU rules; as a forum for new and sometimes controversial ideas and space for discussions in conflict; and as an incubator for building up mutual trust.

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References

  • MWG, Best Practices on Cooperation between EU National Competition Authorities in Merger Review (2011) [adopted November, 8 2011]. Available from: http://www.ec.europa.eu/competition/ecn/ nca_best_practices_merger_review_en.pdf [Accessed January, 12 2020]; EC, European Competition Network Cooperation in Merger Control. Available from: http://www.ec.europa.eu/competition/ecn/ mergers.html [Accessed January, 12 2020].
  • MWG, Public Interest Regimes in the European Union – differences and similarities in approach. Final Report of the EU Merger Working Group, March, 10 2016. Available from: https://ec.europa. eu/competition/ecn/mwg_public_interest_regimes_en.pdf [Accessed January, 4 2020].
  • MWG, Report: Information requirements for merger notifcation. Available from: http://www. ec.europa.eu/competition/ecn/mir_report_en.pdf [Accessed January, 5 2020] at the end.
  • See EC, European Competition Network Cooperation in merger control. Available from: http://www. ec.europa.eu/competition/ecn/mergers.html [Accessed January, 12 2020].
  • Autorité de la concurrence, Pour un contrôle des concentrations plus simple, cohérent et stratégique en Europe, Une réforme «gagnant-gagnant» au service de la compétitivité, Rapport au Ministre de l'Économie et des Finances, December, 16 2013, Paris (rapporteur, chargé de mission: Fabien Zivy). Available from: http://www.economie.gouv.fr/fles/rapport_concentrations-transfrontalieres.pdf [Accessed January, 5 2020]; English translation available from: www.economie.gouv.fr/fles/rapport_concentrations-transfrontalieres_en.pdf [Accessed January, 5 2020]