Merger Assessment Guidelines
The Competition Commission (CC) and the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) (together, the Authorities) published joint guidelines for the assessment of mergers on 16 September 2010.
News Release: OFT and CC publish joint merger guidelines
Merger Assessment Guidelines
Submissions and Consultations
The Authorities organised a preliminary consultation on the prospective review and two “Round Table” discussions on aspects of competition analysis during 2008. Two consultation exercises on successive drafts of the document were later conducted: a full public consultation (including the convening of a seminar) between April and September 2009, and a call for comments on a revised text in April/May 2010.
All submissions and relevant records are published below. These include summaries of the submissions on the two consultation exercises, each containing the Authorities’ responses to the major points raised.
Responses to initial call for comments on CC2
Economics roundtable: Note by the CC
A roundtable to discuss: Non-Horizontal Effects - How far should guidelines go?
A roundtable to discuss: Co-ordinated effects - What is the right analytical threshold?
Merger Assessment Guidelines: Consultation Document – April 2009
Seminar on consultation draft of joint merger assessment guidelines - 01 June 2009
Responses received to the consultation on the joint Merger Assessment Guidelines
Summary of respondents’ submissions and the Authorities’ responses
Merger Assessment Guidelines: April 2010 draft for comment
Responses received to the call for comments on April 2010 draft
Summary of respondents’ submissions on the April 2010 draft and the Authorities’ response
Other OFT and CC merger guidance
Mergers:-Jurisdictional and procedural guidance (OFT527)
Mergers-exceptions to the duty to refer and undertakings in lieu of reference (OFT1122)
Merger Remedies: Competition Commission Guidelines (CC8)
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