Competition European Law

Category: M

  • Monopoly

    Monopoly in the European Union LawConcept of Monopoly provided by the "Glossary of terms used in EU competition policy" (Antitrust and control of concentrations, published in 2002): Market situation with a single supplier (monopolist) who — due to the absence of competition […]

  • Merger

    Merger control procedure in the European Union LawConcept of Merger control procedure provided by the "Glossary of terms used in EU competition policy" (Antitrust and control of concentrations, published in 2002): The merger control procedure under EC law is laid down in the merger […]

  • Market share

    Market share in the European Union LawConcept of Market share provided by the "Glossary of terms used in EU competition policy" (Antitrust and control of concentrations, published in 2002): Measure for the relative size of a firm in an industry or market, in terms of the proportion of […]

  • Market power

    Market power in the European Union LawConcept of Market power provided by the "Glossary of terms used in EU competition policy" (Antitrust and control of concentrations, published in 2002): Strength of a firm in a particular market. In basic economic terms, market power is the ability […]

  • Marginal costs

    Marginal costs in the European Union LawConcept of Marginal costs provided by the "Glossary of terms used in EU competition policy" (Antitrust and control of concentrations, published in 2002): Costs born by a firm of producing an additional unit of output. Marginal costs are a […]

  • Measures of management

    Measures of management and administration: empowerment, sub-delegation and direct delegationA category of measures to be distinguished from the decisions of principle are the so-called measures of management or administration ('mesures de gestion ou d'administration'). This cate…

  • Measures of pure administration

    Measures of pure administration ("de pure gestion")Measures of pure administration are not decisions, submitted to a formal adoption procedure, but are issued by the services of DG COMP according to the internal division of tasks without involvement of the Legal Service or other d…

  • Measures reserved to the College

    Measures reserved to the CollegeAll final decisions on substance (including interim measures) and/or decisions of principle implying a wide margin of appreciation are reserved to the College. Those acts cannot be delegated. To these Commission acts belong: – all Commission decisions finding…

  • Measures sub-delegated by the Competition Commissioner to the Director General

    Measures sub-delegated by the Competition Commissioner to the Director GeneralBy decision of 27 May 2004 (PH/2004/769) 1 the Competition Commissioner has sub-delegated to the Director General the following powers which are granted to him in …

  • Mission of the ECN Unit

    Mission of the ECN Unit in Directorate AThe ECN unit gives guidance to case-handlers on all aspects of Regulation 1/2003, of the Commission implementing Regulation No 773/2004 1 and of the related instruments, as regards the functioning of t…