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(17) Judgment of 21 February 1973, Europemballage and Continental Can v Commission, C-6/72, EU:C:1973:22, paragraph 32; judgment of 31 March 1998, France and Others v Commission (‘Kali & Salz’), joined cases C-68/94 and C-30/95, EU:C:1998:148, paragraph 143; judgment of 6 June 2002, Airtours v Commission, T-342/99, EU:T:2002:146, paragraph 19; judgment of 7 May 2009, NVV and Others v Commission, T-151/05, EU:T:2009:144, paragraph 51. Where relevant, assessing the effects on competition of a concentration can include an assessment of potential efficiencies, such as those derived from cost savings due to increased scale, and in particular whether the efficiencies would benefit consumers in those relevant markets where it is otherwise likely that competition concerns would occur, Horizontal Merger Guidelines, paragraph 79; referenced in paragraphs 53 and 115 of the Non-Horizontal Merger Guidelines.
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