Traduction de «entente de fusion » (Français → Anglais) :

4. Attaches capital importance to the ambitious legislative review process started with the process for modernisation of anti-trust rules and continued with substantial reforms on merger control, and encourages the Commission to speed up its work towards new streamlined procedures for state aid control, in view of the forthcoming EU enlargement; notes that the Commission's merger control powers are being extended in line with cartel legislation; draws attention to the existence of a fundamental difference between the objectives of merger control and combating cartel infringements, in as much as an investigation into concentrations, as ...[+++]distinct from cartel infringements, does not presuppose the unlawfulness of the objectives pursued by the parties to the merger; asks the Commission to review efforts to strengthen investigating powers in the merger control regulation ; emphasises that the Commission should, in any event, make it clear that it will comply with the generally applicable principles of procedural law in drawing up the procedures, in so far as these are not specified in the regulation itself;

4. Attaches capital importance to the ambitious legislative review process started with the modernisation process of anti-trust rules and continued with substantial reforms on merger control, and encourages the Commission to speed up its work towards new streamlined procedures for state aid control, in view of the coming EU enlargement; notes that the Commission's merger control powers are being extended in line with cartel legislation; draws attention to the existence of a fundamental difference between the objectives of merger control and combating cartel infringements; an investigation into concentrations, as distinct from cartel i ...[+++]nfringements, does not presuppose the unlawfulness of the objectives pursued by the parties to the merger; asks the Commission to review efforts to strengthen investigating powers in the merger control regulation; the Commission should, in any event, make it clear that it will comply with the generally applicable principles of procedural law in drawing up the procedures, in so far as these are not specified in the regulation itself;

Considerations purely of practicability, which have been adduced by the European courts as an argument in favour of restricting the right in connection with the application of the cartel procedure regulation (Regulation 1/2003) cannot be allowed to play any part in merger control, because here the concern is not to improve the practical applicability of the procedural provisions relating to cartels and the purpose is not to exact penalties for breaches of the law on competition or cartels.

8. Calls once again for an international competition system in the framework of the WTO, since in view of the growing number of worldwide mergers, regional and price cartels and oligopolies, distortions of competition and abuse of the market can only be counteracted by worldwide minimum standards governing competition, particularly for mergers and cartels, and by minimum standards for supervisory authorities in all WTO Member States;

8. Calls once again for an international competition system in the framework of the WTO, since in view of the growing number of worldwide mergers, regional and price cartels and oligopolies, distortions of competition and abuse of the market can only be counteracted by worldwide minimum standards governing competition, particularly for mergers and cartels, and by minimum standards for supervisory authorities in all WTO Member States;

In its October 1999 Report, the Commission stressed the progress made with regard to antitrust legislation, with the adoption of regulations on block exemptions and guidelines on the notification of agreements and statements of merger, and with regard to State aid, the annual report on which had been improved.