EU/EEA merger trackers

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This Overview guides practitioners to the EU/EEA merger trackers and the linked legislation, guidance and analysis they aggregate. Monitoring concentrations across the European Commission’s merger control pipeline is central to transaction planning and risk assessment under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. The trackers collate live and concluded cases, capturing notifications, Phase I and Phase II outcomes, commitments, withdrawals, prohibitions, timetables, stop - the - clock events.

They also record referrals and jurisdictional interplay between the Commission and national competition authorities, including pre - notification referrals (Article 4(4)), post - notification referrals (Article 9) and upward referrals (Article 22), alongside relevant practice under the European Competition Network. Practitioners can identify procedural route (standard or simplified), standstill and gun - jumping risks, and publication of non - confidential decisions. The materials link to the Implementing Regulation and Commission notices (including on simplified procedure and remedies), as well as key judgments shaping jurisdiction and procedure.

For the EEA, the trackers cover EU decisions affecting EEA markets and significant developments before competition authorities in the EEA EFTA States. They assist with mapping multi - jurisdictional filing strategies, anticipating review milestones, and benchmarking...

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