The Commission's report examines the acquisition of ABI Building Data Ltd by Emap plc, the main providers of project information and contact data (PICD) to the UK construction industry with a combined market share of over 70 per cent. Both ABI and Emap (through its subsidiary Glenigan Ltd) provide a subscription-based service giving information about construction projects and planning matters which suppliers of construction services and materials use to identify new business. The Commission concludes that the merger may be expected to result in a substantial lessening of competition (SLC) in the PICD market, leading to a reduction in customer choice when negotiating prices. As a result, the report finds that the only effective remedy which will maintain competition and benefit customers is for Emap to sell the ABI business.

This book is intended to serve as a first acquaintance with competition law. It aims to reach a broad range of readers: students, teachers in further and higher education, officials and practising lawyers who are not usually faced with competition law issues in their working lives. This second edition has been fully updated in the light of the latest developments, and covers both EU and UK competition law along with an introduction to the EU rules on State Aid. It provides insight into the combined system of EU and UK competition law, providing a broad range of examples for the three main subjects – the prohibition of cartels, the prohibition of the abuse of a position of dominance and the supervision of concentrations (ie mergers and acquisitions). Those examples are drawn from European and UK practice. These greatly enhance the exposition of the general principles, taking into account recent legislative and judicial developments.

This text introduces the reader to the principles and practice of merger control in the EC and the UK. It deals clearly with both of the new regimes, providing a discussion of the policy and the relevant legislation, clarified through an analysis of pertinent cases and decisions. The aim is to provide the non-expert reader with a thorough and accessible introduction to the subject. The book deals first with matters common to both regimes, including relevant economics, and then focuses on the EC and UK systems as separate entities. In each case the text covers qualifying mergers, including principles of territorial jurisdiction, substantive tests, procedures, appeals, and third party rights, as well as the link between the UK and EC regimes. The book is up to date to 31 July 2006. Substantial appendices provide most of the relevant core legislation in one convenient place.

The second edition of this book provides a definitive statement of the law relating to UK merger control following the wide-ranging changes to the merger control system being introduced by the Enterprise Act, during the second half of 2003

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