Standstill obligation prohibits the implementation of transactions that contribute to lasting change in control of the target undertaking and together with duty to notify forms the foundation of the system of preventive control of concentrations within the law of the European Union. Master thesis examines the question of scope of the standstill obligation, in particular in its relationship with the term of implementation and concept of concentration, as developed through the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union and The General Court. Of vital importance is the purpose of the suspensive effect of concentrations. With the analysis of case law and decisions by the European Commission, the author seeks to find parallels and criteria that should form a basis for the future approach to the standstill obligation. Within this scope, an attempt to identify the limits of the standstill obligation is made, so as to ease the delimitation between the applicability of Regulation No 139/2004 and Regulation No 1/2003, and with it between the scope of the standstill obligation and Article 101 TFEU, which shall ensure the parties to the proceedings with greater sense of predictability and legal certainty. Due to the necessary connection with the standstill obligation within the scope of the system of preventive control of concentrations, a duty to notify is also presented.
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