Document Type : Research/Original/Regular Article

Author

• mehdi hagighatjoo

Pardis

Abstract

Methods and strategies of Companies extension in competition law like joint venture, acquisition and merger are various and numerous. Companies' merger is one of the most important strategies of increasing production capacity and expanding companies in the international commercial world. Increasing production capacity leads to expansion of market portion. Therefore the purpose of competition law can be abstracted in preserving market balance and controlling these policies for preventing creation unreasonable trusts and monopolies at market. So in the majority of pioneer countries in international commercial world there are different rules which have been approved for controlling of competitive methods and preserving market order and there are special courts to take care of performing these policies. For example, in the United States, Federal Trade Commission is supervising competition performance in market and on the basis of European community regulations, Trade Commission has the same duty. In England, courts should do this mission. In current Iranian legal system, Competition Council should supervise competition strategy to prevent anti-competitive performances.

Keywords

• Permissible Merger
• Prevented Merger
• Unusual Monopoly
• Substantial Lessening Of Competition
• Domain Position