Today—5 April 2026—the Kuwait Competition Protection Agency (CPA) published the Decision of the CPA’s Board of Directors 32/2026 of 29 March 2026 (Decision), which amends the notification thresholds of the Kuwaiti merger control regime effective today. The Decision increases the two turnover as well as the asset notification thresholds and introduces a requirement for the target to achieve Kuwaiti turnover for the combined party threshold.
Amended thresholds
The Decision maintains the prior status whereby the thresholds apply individually. Hence, where one of the thresholds is met, a filing is required. The amendments to the single party and the asset thresholds are straightforward. The Decision continues the position that the single party threshold can be met by “any party” to the transaction but raises it to KWD 1.5 million (approx. USD 4.84 million). The asset value threshold continues to apply to the combined value of the parties’ Kuwaiti assets but has been increased to KWD 7.5
