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Annulment: The General Court of the European Union annuls a decision prohibiting a merger in an oligopolistic market, recalling the scope of the notion of significant impediment to effective competition as well as the standard of proof applicable for the European Commission to conclude that there is a risk of non-coordinated effects (CK Telecoms UK)

Olivier Billard, Guillaume Fabre, Solène Hamon

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On 11 September 2015, the Hutchison Group, a shareholder in the UK mobile phone operator 'Three', notified the European Commission of its proposed acquisition of its competitor 'O2', a UK subsidiary…

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Key concepts: Oligopoly, Scope (computer science), Competition (biology), European union, Commission, Shareholder, European commission, Annulment

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