CCI Further Amends Combination Regulations

The Competition Commission of India ("CCI") vide a Notification (published in the Gazette of India) on July 01, 2015, ("the amendment") published the "The Competition Commission of India (Procedure in regard to the transaction of business relating to combinations) Amendment Regulation, 2015"¹, amending the existing Competition Commission of India (Procedure in regard to the transaction of business relating to combinations) Regulations, 2011("Combination Regulations"). As part of its ongoing efforts to make M&A filing requirements simpler and readily acceptable to various stakeholders, CCI has revised its Combination Regulations, making them more forward looking, in keeping with some of the best practices in other jurisdictions.