The Gazprom Case: Lessons of the Past For the Future

Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies

Dalia Višinskienė¹  Justina Nasutavičienė¹ 

[1] TheSupremeAdministrativeCourtofLithuani;

关键词: commitments;    concentrations;    eu competition law;    law on competition of the republic of lithuania;    merger regulation;    the gazprom case;   

DOI  :  10.7172/1689-9024.YARS.2017.10.16.3

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Under the EU Merger Regulation, if the Commission has concerns that a merger may significantly affect competition in the European Union, the merging companies may propose modifications to the project that would guarantee continued competition onthemarket.TheCommissionmaydeclareaconcentrationcompatiblewiththecommonmarketfollowingsuchamodificationbythepartiesandattachtoitsdecisionconditionsandobligationsintendedtoensurethattheundertakingscomply with the commitments. In other words, commitments have to be offered by thepartiesbuttheCommissionmayintroduceconditionsandobligationsiftheyare required to ensure the enforceability of commitments.Meanwhile the scope to propose merger modifications and the level of discretion ofthecompetitionauthorityarequitedifferentundertheLawonCompetitionoftheRepublicofLithuania,adoptedalmosttwodecadesago.Thegoalofthispaper is to reveal those differences and, with the help of the jurisprudence of the SupremeAdministrativeCourtofLithuaniaintheGazpromcase,toexplainhowthis may impact future cases.

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