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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8338

13 November 2002
A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS /
Merger controls don't just need improving, they also need political, industrial and social guidelines

Mark Mario Monti's words. Now that media attention has cooled down a bit, it's possible to return calmly to the significance and repercussions of the Court of First Instance's (CFI) decisions, which over-rule the two European Commission decisions rejecting some merger plans (see our bulletins of 23 and 26 October). It's important to come back to this because the decisions go beyond legal questions linked to the application of competition rules and have a more general (and fundamental)...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
THE DAY IN POLITICS
GENERAL NEWS
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT