Kosovo has over at the end of summer 2023 adopted a set
of new regulations on competition law matters to underpin the
Competition Act adopted in June 2022. Following up on our previous
announcements regarding changes to competition rules in Kosovo, we
provide below an overview of the latest changes.
New merger control regulation
The new Merger Control Regulation in Kosovo
— Administrative Instruction on the Procedure for Submitting
a Request to Clear a Review of a Concentration No. 02/2023 —
sets out the procedure for submitting a notification of a
concentration and defines the required content and document format,
as well as the data that must be provided with the form. An
important change brought by the Merger Control Regulation is that
it raises the merger control fee for a clearance decision from EUR
3,000 to EUR 6,000. Additionally, this fee must now be paid in
advance.
