— ingen af fusionsparterne driver virksomhed på samme produktmarked og samme geografiske marked(horisontale forbindelser) eller på et produktmarked i et tidligere eller senere omsætningsled i forholdtil et produktmarked, hvor en anden fusionspart opererer (vertikale forbindelser)
— none of the parties is engaged in business activities in the same product and geographic market (horizontal relationships), or in a product market which is upstream or downstream of a product market inwhich any other party to the concentration is engaged (vertical relationships);