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Merger control definition

What does Merger control mean? Merger control is the review of mergers, acquisitions and certain joint ventures by competition authorities to prevent anti-competitive effects and to clear, condition or prohibit deals. In the UK, it is governed by the enterprise Act 2002 (as amended). The competition and markets authority (CMA) may review completed or anticipated deals where a 'relevant merger situation' arises: enterprises cease to be distinct and either the target’s UK turnover exceeds £70m or the parties meet/increase a 25% share of supply in the UK (or a substantial part). Notification is voluntary, but the CMA can call in transactions and impose...

Algeria merger control: thresholds, control test, notification and standstill duties, decisional practice, foreign-to-foreign reach and 2024 reform proposals

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Practice notes

NOTE—to see whether notification thresholds in Algeria and worldwide are met, please also see further: Where to Notify

1. Have there been any recent developments regarding the Algerian Merger control regime and are any updates/developments expected in the coming year? Are there any other ‘hot’ merger control issues in Algeria?

Corporate matters within this regime fall under the present Algerian Commerce Code (Ordinance No. 75-59 of 25 September 1975), whereas its competition dimension is currently regulated by the Competition Law (Ordinance No. 03-03 of 19 July 2003) (the 2003 Ordinance).

Two subsequent decrees in 2008 and 2010—Ordinance No. 08-12 of 25 June 2008 (the 2008 Ordinance) and Ordinance No. 10-05 of 15 August 2010—which, together, modified and expanded the 2003 Ordinance, significantly widening its reach to imports of goods for resale, agricultural produce, and public procurement.

Nonetheless, the Conseil de la Concurrence (Competition Council) views numerous current provisions as increasingly ill-fitted to Algeria’s present economic landscape and has, on multiple occasions, suggested revisions to the prevailing national competition law framework.

Members of the Competition Council recently debated these proposals in a session on 23 June 2024.

As things stand, no definitive timetable has been set for their Adoption...

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Nahla Djabi , NDI

Matouk Bassiouny

Nahla Djabi is a Counsel at Matouk Bassiouny and a member of the Corporate and M&A department, based in Algeria. Before joining Matouk Bassiouny in 2019, she practiced corporate law in Egypt & Africa for the past 12 years as a legal counsel for prominent international corporations in various sectors, especially those working in heavy industry.Nahla’s practice focuses on corporate and M&A matters for both the Egyptian and Algerian corporate legal systems, including drafting and negotiating complex commercial agreements but also governance, integrity, and compliance. She has been involved in complex M&A transactions and advises multinational clients across a range of industries on corporate transactions including due diligence, negotiating and drafting transaction documents....

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