Merger Control Update

At EU level, the European Commission has published rules and guidance to further reduce the administrative burden for parties with respect to the merger control process. An interesting judgment by the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") confirmed Member States' powers to address concentrations a posteriori under the rules on abuse of dominance, whether or not a national merger control regime exists. At Luxembourg level, the Competition Authority recently communicated about its decision to join a request for referral of a merger below the EU and national merger control thresholds to the Commission for review. Finally, the submission to Parliament of a bill introducing a merger control regime in Luxembourg is expected this July.