New guidelines and consultation papers issued for merger control applications
March 17, 2009 | BY
clpstaff &clp articlesJanet HuiJun He Law [email protected] early 2009, the Ministry of Commerce (Mofcom) issued a series of new guidelines and consultation papers related…
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