Traduction de «Contrôle des fusions » (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 infri ...[+++]ngements, 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;

20. Reminds the Commission of the so called 'merger paradox'; calls for a tough merger control policy that includes not only the economic but also the employment and social aspects of mergers and takeovers; calls, therefore, for the approach to be widened in the direction of a more long-term-oriented evaluation which does justice to the full Lisbon agenda in relation to the creation of more and better jobs and greater social cohesion;

In order to facilitate cross-border merger operations, it should be provided that monitoring of the completion and legality of the decision-making process in each merging company should be carried out by the national authority having jurisdiction over each of those companies, whereas monitoring of the completion and legality of the cross-border merger should be carried out by the national authority having jurisdiction over the company resulting from the cross-border merger.

1. The legality of a merger shall be scrutinised, as regards the part of the procedure concerning the completion of the merger and the formation of the SCE, by the court, notary or other competent authority in the Member State of the proposed registered office of the SCE able to scrutinise that aspect of the legality of mergers of cooperatives and, failing that, mergers of public limited-liability companies.

7. Reiterates its request for further consideration to be given to the concept of competition in the telecommunications sector, and therefore welcomes the Commission's intention to carry out a more thorough inventory of the merger control system;