Peter Eberl is deputy head of unit, cybersecurity and digital privacy at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology. Prior to this he was case manager at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Competition dealing with mergers in the sectors of health, transport, post and other services. Prior to his current assignment, he worked in DG Competition’s Antitrust and Merger Case Support Unit that assists the Deputy Director General and advises on horizontal and coherence issues in antitrust and merger cases. One of his tasks was advising the Chinese State Council and MOFCOM on the implementation of the Chinese merger control regime. Peter Eberl joined the European Commission in 2002 and worked as a case officer in a number of high profile cases in various sectors, in particular in telecommunications, media, energy and consumer goods. Peter studied law and economics in Bayreuth, Aix-en Provence (Maîtrise en droit international) and Rennes (D.E.A. en droit communautaire). Before joining the European Commission, he worked in law firms in Belgium, Germany and the United States and for the French Telecommunications Regulator.
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"Google/DoubleClick: The first test for the Commission’s nonhorizontal merger guidelines"* I. Introduction The Google/DoubleClick merger generated considerable interest as it concerned the ubiquitous search engine that most Europeans use in their daily lives. From a competition policy (...)
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Universal / BMG: Market power of music publishers in view of evolutions in digital music publishing* On 22 May 2007, the European Commission approved, subject to conditions, the acquisition by Universal Music Group Inc. (“Universal”) of BMG Music Publishing (“BMG”). Both companies are active in (...)
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Gaz de France/Suez: Keeping energy markets in Belgium and France open and contestable through far-reaching remedies* I. Introduction Following an in-depth investigation, the Commission approved under the EU Merger Regulation the merger between Gaz de France (‘GDF‘) and the Suez Group on 14 (...)
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DONG/Elsam/E2: Remedying competition problems in an energy merger through infrastructure unbundling and gas release* 1. Introduction Following an in-depth investigation, the European Commission on 14 March 2006 authorised — subject to commitments — the acquisition by Danish natural gas (...)
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"Following an in-depth investigation the Commission approved the creation of the Sony/BMG music recording joint venture on 19 July 2004"* Over the last 15 years, the music industry has witnessed the process of gradual consolidation. The Commission has analysed a number of these concentrations (...)
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This first roundtable of the conference “Reform of vertical distribution”, Paris, 27 may 2010, is dedicated to the role of economic analysis. The economists insist that the reform is a mere update of the vertical guidelines rather than a massive change with regard to economic analysis. It is (...)
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