Modernisation of merger control
Today, the Autorité de la concurrence launched the possibility for companies to notify online certain mergers.
The Autorité is continuing the simplification process it has begun for merger procedures.
After adopting various measures to reduce and simplify procedures for businesses, resulting, in particular, in a considerable decrease in the amount of information that must be provided for the simplest transactions, the Autorité is now giving businesses the possibility of online notification for certain acquisitions and mergers.
This innovation will be followed by the adoption of new merger guidelines in a few months. These guidelines are currently under public consultation and will increase the proportion of transactions that fall under the simplified procedure from 50% to 70%.