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一、前言与欧洲煤钢条约和德国的反对限制竞争法不同,欧共体条约中没有控制企业合并的规定。在1973年著名的大陆罐头(Continental Can)一案中,欧共体委员会适用条约第86条关于禁止滥用市场优势地位的规定,首次在欧共体市场禁止了一个企业合并~①。委员会指出,如果参与合并的企业已经在共同体一个重大领域取得了市场支配地位,并且通过合并将会加强这个地位,该合并就构成滥用市场支配地位~②。这个判决虽然因为在界定相关市场方面存在着错误而被欧共体法院所撤销,但委员会的法律观点在原则上得到了认可。然而,欧共体条约第86条不能被视为控制企业合并的基本规定,因为该条款仅能适用于那些可能会加
I. Preface Unlike the European Coal and Steel Treaty and Germany’s opposition to competition law, the EC Treaty does not contain any provisions governing the merger of enterprises. In the famous case of Continental Can in 1973, the EC Commission’s application of Article 86 of the Treaty prohibiting the abuse of market dominance prohibited, for the first time, a merger of enterprises in the EC market. The Commission noted that the merger would constitute an abuse of market dominance if the enterprises participating in the merger had acquired market dominance in a major area of the Community and the consolidation would strengthen the position. Although the judgment was withdrawn by the EC Court because of a mistake in defining the relevant market, the Commission’s legal opinion was endorsed in principle. However, article 86 of the EC Treaty can not be considered as a basic rule governing mergers of enterprises, as this provision applies only to those who may be added