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German Bundeskartellamt approves Meta (Facebook)'s acquisition of Kustomer

On 11 February 2022, the German Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt) approved the acquisition of Kustomer by Meta, previously Facebook. The Bundeskartellamt examined if the transaction fulfils the transaction value thresholds of the German Compe…

Scope

Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Merger control regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
competition authority

Complete timeline of this policy change

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2021-07-23
under deliberation

On 23 July 2021, the German Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt) initiated a check on whether F…

2022-02-11
in force

On 11 February 2022, the German Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt) approved the acquisition o…