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DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7701-047-4-0016

EU MERGER CONTROL: HEALTHCARE MARKET ISSUES

Anželika Banevičienė1
1 Faculty of Business, Kauno kolegija Higher Education Institution, Pramones av. 20, LT-50468 Kaunas, Lithuania

This article analyses the laws and practices regarding the control of mergers in the healthcare sector at the EU level and in several EU member states. It compares the legal frameworks of the EU and its member countries to establish the legal basis for controlling the mergers (concentrations) of the undertakings. Additionally, the article indicates interconnections between the jurisdictions of the European Commission and EU member states national competition regulatory authorities. It also provides an analysis of the European Commission’s merger assessment practices in the healthcare sector since the adoption of EU Merger Regulation 139/2004 on 1 May 2004 till the end of 2024 in comparison with the practice of the Lithuanian competition regulatory authority.

Klíčová slova: merger control, concentration control, healthcare sector, EU merger regulation

stránky: 16-28, online: 2025



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