Brussels, 23/07/2002 (Agence Europe) - By adopting the Opinion on the "Green paper on the Review of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 4064/89 (merger controls), for which the rapporteur is the Göran Lagerholm from the Employers Group, the ESC is stressing the need to: 1) consider merger control within the context of the global economy in order to take account of the international competition on European companies; 2) stress the need to assess acquisitions on the basis of an in-depth global...