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Italy: Approved Draft Annual Law for competition including merger rules

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Approved Draft Annual Law for competition including merger rules

The Italian Council approves the Annual Competition Law 2021 of Ministers on 4 November 2021, and it will now be introduced in the Italian Parliament for approval. The proposals enhance the powers of the ICA as it is allowed to issue requests for in…

Scope

Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Merger control regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
central government

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2021-03-23
under deliberation

A reform proposal for the 2021 Annual Law for Competition was announced by the Italian Competition …

2021-11-04
under deliberation

The Italian Council approves the Annual Competition Law 2021 of Ministers on 4 November 2021, and i…

2022-08-05
adopted

On 5 August 2022, the Italian parliament approved the new Italian annual law for competition. The n…

2022-08-27
in force

On 27 August 2022, the new Italian competition law comes into force. The new power granted to the I…