The new rules fall short of addressing the main drawback of European competition policy, which is institutional, not technical: the Commission remains simultaneously prosecutor, judge, and jury of all merger cases. ``In-house hearing officers,'' the Commission's internal review process, are a joke, and a company's right to appeal to the European Court of Justice is a mockery in merger cases (though less so in the case of an action for market abuse), given the timing of the Court's rulings.
Las nuevas reglas no llegan a tratar el principal problema de la política de competencia Europea, que es institucional, no técnico: la Comisión sigue siendo acusador, juez y jurado al mismo tiempo en todos los casos de fusión.