Et andet vigtigt element i EU's konkurrencepolitik er fusionsforordningen fra 1989, der indeholder specifikke regler og procedurer for Kommissionens vurdering af store fusioner "af fællesskabsdimension". Fusioner og fusionsprocedurer behandles ikke i dette hefte.
A further important component of the EC's competition policy is the 1989 Merger Regulation which lays down specific rules and procedures on the evaluation by the Commission of large mergers with a "Community dimension".