Brussels, 17/12/2003 (Agence Europe) - As announced yesterday, the European Commission has adopted guidelines on the appraisal of mergers between competing firms (Horizontal Guidelines). The guidelines are one of the cornerstones of the comprehensive reform of merger control greed by the Council on 27 November and which should enter into force on 1 May 2004, following final authorisation by the Council planned at the end of this year. The European Commission indicates that it has adopted...