Clifford Chance
New Approach to Article 22 EUMR – a Back Door to Close the "Enforcement Gap"?
12 October 2020
On 11 September 2020, Competition Commissioner, Margrethe Vestager, announced that, from mid-2021, the European Commission will begin accepting requests for referral by national competition authorities of Member States in relation to transactions which may significantly affect competition, irrespective of whether those transactions meet the national merger control thresholds of the NCA making the request. This is a significant shift in policy, with potentially far-reaching consequences.
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