More Changes To Come: China Consults On Amendments To Six Antitrust Guidelines

Hot on the heels of the passing of the amendments to China's Anti-Monopoly Law (Amended AML) last Friday (24 June 2022), China's competition regulator (the State Administration for Market Regulation, or SAMR) has launched a public consultation on 27 June 2022 in relation to amendments to six substantive regulations. The proposed amendments are wide ranging, and include changes to the notification thresholds under the merger control regime and the introduction of a safe harbour for certain vertical agreements.

The draft regulations that have been published for consultation include:

• Provisions of the State Council on Thresholds for Prior Notification of Concentration of Undertakings (Consultation Draft);