Falsa partenza! Appunti su gun jumping e disciplina europea delle concentrazioni (False Start! Notes on Gun Jumping and European Merger Control Rules)

Rivista delle società 2020

35 Pages Posted: 21 Feb 2021

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Federico Cesare Guido Ghezzi

Bocconi University - Department of Law

Gian Diego Pini

Bocconi University; University of California, Berkeley - School of Law; University of Milan - Department of Public, Civil Procedure, International and European Law

Date Written: March 1, 2020

Abstract

Italian abstract: L'articolo esamina, anche in prospettiva comparata, il fenomeno del c.d. gun jumping, che comporta la realizzazione, anche parziale, dell'operazione di concentrazione prima o durante il periodo di valutazione da parte delle autorità antitrust. Tale anticipata realizzazione comporta una violazione degli obblighi di comunicazione preventiva e sospensione dell'operazione in pendenza dell'esame da parte delle autorità, e può condurre a sanzioni particolarmente severe, come dimostrano alcune decisioni della Commissione e di talune autorità nazionali della concorrenza, a partire da quella francese nel caso Altice.

English abstract: The article examines, also from a comparative perspective, the phenomenon of gun jumping. Gun jumping involves the implementation, even partial, of the concentration before or during the evaluation period by the antitrust authorities. Gun jumping is a violation of the obligation to notify and stand-still, and can lead to particularly severe penalties, as demonstrated by recent EC and NCA decisions.

Note: Downloadable document is in Italian.

Keywords: gun jumping, merger, merger control, antitrust, competition, EU law, compliance

JEL Classification: K21

Suggested Citation

Ghezzi, Federico Cesare Guido and Pini, Gian Diego, Falsa partenza! Appunti su gun jumping e disciplina europea delle concentrazioni (False Start! Notes on Gun Jumping and European Merger Control Rules) (March 1, 2020). Rivista delle società 2020, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3710012 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3710012

Federico Cesare Guido Ghezzi

Bocconi University - Department of Law ( email )

Via Roentgen, 1
Milan, Milan 20136
Italy

Gian Diego Pini (Contact Author)

Bocconi University ( email )

Italy

University of California, Berkeley - School of Law ( email )

215 Law Building
Berkeley, CA 94720-7200
United States

University of Milan - Department of Public, Civil Procedure, International and European Law ( email )

Via Festa del Perdono 7
Milano, Milano 20121
Italy

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