EU Merger Control

Hear directly from the Commission to ascertain the latest thinking on policy and strategy in EU merger control.

• Are we expecting an overhaul of EU merger control as we enter the 2020s?
• 利益攸关方的影响越来越大，并对合并控制的政治化。
• 面对现代欧洲的现实：涉及国家控制企业，第三国干预和扭曲国家补贴的合并。

• Killer acquisitions: are large digital companies blocking innovation by buying tech start-ups? Are we in need of moving to an “error-cost” framework?
• Tech giants, platforms and questions of fairness: a new regulatory landscape for 2020?
• The drafting of remedies in the digital economy: is current policy fit for purpose?

• Should the implementation of competition law be used to pursue public policy goals?
• 欧盟第11条对环境保护的第11条以及联合国2030年可持续发展目标（SDGS）提出反托拉斯问题的程度
• Does EU competition law focus too narrowly on issues of price and innovation? Is there room to broaden its scope?
• 对垂直协议的影响：我们是否需要总体指导方针？

• Analysis of the Siemens/Alstom decision.
• 地理市场的变化范围：是大型非欧盟公司的威胁，如中国国有的CRRC，过度划分？
• If threats to competition are globally sized, does regional enforcement need to be scaled up?
• Will growing mega-firms from markets outside Europe necessitate a change of EU merger control?

• Hear from regulators and in-house counsel from across Europe.
• Substantive analysis and procedural updates from regulators such as the CMA, Authorite de la Concurrence, and Belgian Competition Authority.
• 在跨越数据，钢铁和电信等行业的内部律师听到第一次手术经验。