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| Research on Innovation Harm Issue in European Union Merger Control Enforcement |
| Guo Yuxin1,2 |
| (1.School of Law,Wuhan University,Wuhan 430072,China；2.Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competion,Munich 80539,Germany) |
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Abstract Innovation is a critical non-price factor of competition in the European Union (EU) competition law.The traditional approach of the European Commission（EC）to analyzing the impact of mergers on innovation is to assess the "potential competition" associated with specific and clear-defined product markets.The enforcement practice of the EC in recent years shows that the scope of competition enforcement has been extended to the dynamic innovation competition,and it has begun to focus on more "invisible" innovation harm.In the case-by-case review,the EC has gradually formed systematic solutions in the aspects of theoretical foundation,legal system basis,enforcement policy,analytical framework and methods.The experience of the EU in dealing with innovation issues provides a reference for the revision and enforcement of China's antitrust law.
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Received: 29 June 2020
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