The European Commission has adopted a package to simplify its
administrative procedures for merger control. The merger
simplification package expands the scope of the Commission's
review process of unproblematic mergers and also simplifies the
notification process itself. Below, you can read more about the
simplification package and its practical implications.
On 20 April 2023, the Commission adopted a number of measures to
simplify the administrative procedures for merger control. The
measures are aimed at reducing the amount of information required,
optimising the transmission of documents, and lowering merger
control costs in general.
The package seeks to speed up the EU merger control procedure
and release resources, thus allowing the Commission to focus on the
transactions that may actually give rise to competition concerns.
The merger simplification package has been adopted as part of the
Commission's objective to reduce reporting requirements by 25%
by
