Alpha V/Savio Deal - A Procedural Overview of MOFCOM's Decision-making Process

On 31 October 2011, the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) publicly announced the eighth conditional merger clearance since the enactment of the Anti-monopoly Law (AML) in 2008.  According to its announcement¹ , the review process lasted for 3.5 months starting from 14 July 2011 when the notification was submitted to MOFCOM. 

Set forth below is a chart outlining the review process.

According to the announcement, during the review process, MOFCOM sought opinions from the following third parties: government agencies, trade associations, competitors, downstream undertakings and industry experts.

For a more detailed analysis of MOFCOM's decision, please see our article entitled MOFCOM's 8th Conditional Clearance – Alpha V/Savio Deal.