Selv det rekordhøje antal på fem forbudte fusioner i 2001 udgjorde kun1,7 % af alle de fusioner, der var store nok til at komme op over tærsklerne i fusionsforordningen det år.
Even the ‘record’ number of five prohibitions in 2001 amounted to only 1.7 % ofthose mergers that were large enough to meet the thresholds of the EC merger regulation in that year.