Merger control during the financial crisis of 2007/2008 is one of the most challenging topics for EU Competition law. This piece of work is an attempt to cover all the aspects of EU merger control, including jurisdiction, the community dimension, substantive appraisal, remedies, and procedures. This paper will begin by sketching the overall consequences of the crisis in question, and will continue to further analyse the merger decisions related to enumerated crises. This piece of work is an attempt to cover all the aspects of EU merger control, including jurisdiction, the community dimension, substantive appraisal, remedies, and procedures.

Competition law, merger control, financial crisis, European law, European competition law