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New COMESA Merger Control Guidelines published [Japanese Version]

18 November 2014

The COMESA Competition Commission (the CCC) – the regional competition authority for the 19-country Common Market of Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) – has published new Merger Assessment Guidelines. These address many of the initial problems of the nascent regime, in particular by introducing new (albeit low) filing thresholds and adopting a broadly sensible approach to issues of jurisdiction and procedure.

 

Key issues:

  • What are the new filing thresholds?
  • How long does clearance take?
  • How will the CCC assess mergers, and requests for referrals from national authorities?
  • Why have filing fees not been lowered, and filing thresholds not been set higher?

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