With the decision to open a full investigation in the case, the Commission will continue a detailed-fact finding exercise, using as a legal test the likelihood that the proposed acquisition might create or reinforce a dominant position. Pursuant to the bilateral agreement of 1991 on antitrust co-operation between the European Commission and the United States, the European Commission has co-operated with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in the analysis of the transaction.
Conformément à l'accord bilatéral de 1991 sur la coopération antitrust entre la Commission Européenne et les Etats-Unis, la Commission Européenne a étroitement coopéré avec la Commission fédérale américaine du commerce (FTC) pour l'analyse de cette opération.
