A practical working guide to EC merger regulation issues, this work offers Competition and EC law practitioners with the information and techniques they need to complete merger deals successfully. It focuses on the practical issues involved and discusses them in lawyers' terms. - Съдържа: The Economic Justification for Merger Control. The SIEC Test. Market Definition. Market Share and Market Concentration Levels. The Counterfactual. Market Operation. Horizontal Mergers - Non-coordinated Effects. Coordinated Effects. Loss of Potential Competition. The Merged Group's Buyer Power. Vertical Issues. Conglomerate Issues. Coordination in Joint Ventures. Competition from Actual Rivals. Countervailing Buyer Power. New Entry. The Failing Firm Defence. Efficiency Gains. Other Evidence of the Likely Effects of the Merger. Remedies.*