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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...

Cyprus merger control: thresholds, notification, control test, joint ventures, foreign-to-foreign transactions, review timelines and penalties under the 2014 Law and CPC practice

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Practice notes

Note—to check whether notification thresholds in Cyprus and across the globe are satisfied, see: Where to Notify.

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

Following the passage of 'The Control of concentrations between Undertakings Law of 2014' (the Merger Control Law), no additional changes have arisen in the Cypriot merger control framework. The Merger Control Law aligns more closely with the EU Merger Regulation (EUMR) and, in particular, introduced a revised definition of a concentration. Consequently, one criterion for determining if a concentration is notifiable is whether there are two or more active participating undertakings in Cyprus.

The updated thresholds under the Merger Control Law require at least two of the undertakings involved in a concentration to generate turnover within the Republic of Cyprus for notification to the Commission for the Protection of Competition (CPC). This has produced the intended effect of lowering the number of foreign-to-foreign transactions that are notified...

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