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Significant Impediment to Effective Competition definition

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What does Significant Impediment to Effective Competition mean?

In order to determine whether a proposed concentration (merger) is compatible with the Internal Market and therefore legal under EU law, the EU Commission will conduct a market analysis to ascertain the likely competitive effects of the deal. The concentration will be prohibited where it is determined that it would significantly impede effect competition.

The SIEC test is the revised substantive test adopted under Regulation 139/2004 and is different to the substantive test adopted under UK and US merger control - substantial lessening of competition.

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International merger control developments—November/December 2021

International merger control developments—November/December 2021 This month has seen (amongst other things) changes to the Irish merger notification procedure, approval by the Italian Council of draft proposed competition law reforms (including changes to Italy’s merger control regime) and the launch of a consultation in Switzerland to modernise (amongst other things) its merger control rules. Ireland—changes to the procedure for notifying mergers On 17 November 2021, Ireland’s Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) announced changes to the procedure for notifying mergers and acquisitions to the CCPC. These change take effect from 1 December 2021. There are essentially five changes: • where the merger or acquisitions may relate to overlapping products or services (eg competitors merging), applicants are required, under sections 4.8, 4.9 and 4.10 of the revised Merger Notification Form, to provide the names and email addresses of their top 20 largest customers, suppliers and competitors. This is a four-fold increase from the current top five customers, suppliers or competitors • notifications, including supporting documentation, may only be submitted electronically and...

International merger control developments—August/September 2021

International merger control developments—August/September 2021 Monthly round-up of international merger control developments for August/September 2021. This month has seen (amongst other things) significant changes to the Austrian merger control regime, the potential withdrawal of the vertical merger guidelines and the reversal of the way debt payoff is treated under the HSR in the US, significant proposals to amend the Australian merger control regime and updated merger control guidelines to reflect the introduction of the new size-of-transaction test in South Korea. Austria—significant changes to Austrian merger control introduced On 10 September 2021, the Austrian Cartel and Competition Law Amendment Act 2021 (the Act) came into force. In relation to merger control, the key changes include the following: • The introduction of a new second domestic turnover threshold, requiring that at least ‘two of the undertakings concerned each […] have a turnover of more than €1m’ in Austria (the other two turnover thresholds remain unchanged; ie a combined worldwide turnover of more than €300m (approximately $354m) and at least two concerned undertakings...

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Competition weekly highlights—22 May 2025

This week's edition of Competition weekly highlights includes, from a UK perspective: (1) the CAT issues judgment approving settlement in Mastercard collective damages action, (2) the government publishes its response regarding consultation on updating the media mergers regime, (3) the government publishes 2025 strategic steer setting out priorities for the CMA, and (4) the government publishes its response regarding consultation on the Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulation 2024. This week’s highlights also includes, from an EU perspective: (1) the Commission consultation on commitments offered by Microsoft in ‘Teams tying’ investigation, (2) three separate AG opinions concerning national references from Germany and Portugal suggesting sports governing bodies are limited in their self-regulation if there is a significant impact on matters governed by EU law, (3) an AG opinion recommending the Court of Justice should dismiss an appeal against the Commission’s decision to conditionally clear PKN/Gupto Lotos merger at phase II, (4) the Commission adopts proposals to sign EU-UK Competition Cooperation Agreement, and (5) the General...

EU Competition law—daily round-up (15/05/2025)

A round-up of EU competition law developments, including (1) an AG opinion recommending the Court of Justice should dismiss an appeal against the Commission’s decision to conditionally clear PKN/Gupto Lotos merger at phase II, and (2) three separate AG opinions concerning national references from Germany and Portugal suggesting sports governing bodies are limited in their self-regulation if there is a significant impact on matters governed by EU law.

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