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European Commission closes consultation on review of EU merger guidelines

On 3 September 2025, the European Commission closes the public consultation on the review of the EU merger guidelines. The review will update the 2004 and 2008 EU merger guidelines, which govern the assessment of horizontal and non-horizontal merger…

Scope

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

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2025-05-08
in consultation

On 8 May 2025, the European Commission opened a public consultation on the review of the EU merger …

2025-09-03
processing consultation

On 3 September 2025, the European Commission closes the public consultation on the review of the EU…

2026-04-30
in consultation

On 30 April 2026, the European Commission opened a consultation on draft EU merger guidelines, open…

2026-06-26
processing consultation

On 26 June 2026, the European Commission closes the consultation on draft EU merger guidelines inte…