New guidelines and consultation papers issued for merger control applications

March 17, 2009 | BY

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Janet HuiJun He Law [email protected] early 2009, the Ministry of Commerce (Mofcom) issued a series of new guidelines and consultation papers related…

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Janet Hui

Jun He Law Offices


In early 2009, the Ministry of Commerce (Mofcom) issued a series of new guidelines and consultation papers related to merger control application pursuant to the PRC Anti-monopoly Law (AML). It is understood that, in practice, the new guidelines will replace the Guidelines on Anti-Monopoly Notification for Mergers & Acquisitions of Domestic Enterprises by Foreign Investors published by Mofcom on March 8 2007.

On January 1 and 7 2009, four new guidelines were issued:

1.Guiding Opinion on Documents and Information Required for Reporting of Concentrations of Business Operators: sets out the information, with detailed explanation of the