Ukrainian Authority Clarifies Current Merger Control Practices

In the last edition of Antitrust in focus we discussed various antitrust developments in connection with Russia's invasion of Ukraine. In particular, we noted that the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMC) had suspended consideration of all active merger control and behavioural antitrust cases.

The AMC has now issued further guidelines on the enforcement of Ukrainian merger control practices during the current period of martial law.

Most significantly, the AMC has confirmed that merging parties remain obliged to obtain merger control approval from the AMC where the relevant notification thresholds are met. However, it sets out some changes to the notification process and timing: