Bougette, Patrice; Venayre, Florent - In: Revue d'économie industrielle n° 121 (2008) 1, pp. 9-40
A recent French merger case involving two large water companies seems to toll the death of ex-post merger control. This paper aims at highlighting the interest of that type of control by showing its crucial role for competition authorities as a complement of the current notification system....