The 2010 guidelines regarding horizontal mergers:
A) use a single methodology for merger analysis.
B) are intended to identify harmful mergers while avoiding unnecessary interference with mergers that will not be likely to affect competition.
C) explain that market definition is a necessary starting point of merger analysis.
D) reject use of the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index in quantifying market concentration.

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The 2010 guidelines aim to strike a balance between preventing harmful mergers and not interfering with competitive mergers. While market definition is a necessary starting point for analysis, the guidelines do not rely on a single methodology and do not discount the use of the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index for quantifying market concentration.

The 2010 Guidelines Regarding Horizontal Mergers