Brussels, 28/10/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 28 October, the Commission launched a public consultation exercise on the EC regulation on mergers (Council regulation No 139/2004). This review will consider, inter alia, the threshold above which a proposed merger is referred to the Commission by national authorities. According to Guido Lobrano, legal adviser to BUSINESSEUROPE, the employers' association in the EU, “The Commission is not looking to change the regulation - the purpose of...