Public Consultation on Proposed Merger Regime
On 20 October 2006, the Competition Commission of Singapore (CCS) launched a three-week long public consultation on the proposed merger regime under the Competition Act as set out in the following documents:
· Consultation Document
· Draft Amendment Bill
· Draft CCS Guideline on the Substantive Assessment of Mergers; and
· Draft CCS Guideline on Merger Procedures
The CCS received 8 submissions to the public consultation as follows:
Singapore International Chamber of Commerce
Stamford Law Corporation
The following document outlines the CCS' response to the public submissions:
The CCS will finalise the Competition (Amendment) Bill, taking into consideration the feedback and comments received. The finalised merger guidelines will be published once Parliament has passed the Bill.
Click here to access the media release, issued on 11 December 2006, on CCS' response to submissions on the proposed merger regime.
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