Public Consultation on Proposed Changes to Two Key Guidelines on Competition

The Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (“CCS”) conducted a public consultation from 27 October 2025 to 17 November 2025 on proposed changes to its competition guidelines (“CCS Guidelines”):

(1)        Amend CCS Guidelines on Merger Procedures with consequential amendments to CCS Guidelines on Directions and Remedies: 

(2)        Publish CCS Guidelines on the Procedure for Settlement (now named as CCS Guidelines on the Fast Track Procedure), with consequential amendments to: 

a.          CCS Guidelines on the Major Provisions; and 

b.          CCS Guidelines on Directions and Remedies.

(View media release in PDF)

Consultation Materials:

The materials for the public consultation on the proposed changes to CCS Guidelines are:

·       Public consultation paper

·       Annex 1A (CCS Guidelines on Merger Procedures)

·       Annex 1B (CCS Guidelines on Directions and Remedies)

·       Annex 2A (CCS Guidelines on the Procedure for Settlement) (now named as CCS  Guidelines on the Fast Track Procedure); and

·       Annex 2B (Consequential Amendments to Other CCS Guidelines)

The following documents outline the feedback received and how CCS has incorporated this feedback into its amendments to the CCS Guidelines:

• CCS’s Responses to Public Consultation on Merger Procedure

• CCS’s Responses to Public Consultation on the Fast Track Guidelines [PDF, 191.63 KB]

Completed Review and Publication of CCS Guidelines:

CCS has completed its review of the CCS Guidelines on Merger Procedures and Fast Track Procedure on 27 March 2026 and 19 June 2026 respectively. 

The proposed amendments to the CCS Guidelines on Merger Procedures provide greater clarity and guidance to businesses on CCS’s procedures and ensure that CCS’s merger notification regime continues to operate optimally, with mergers processed in a timely manner. Consequential changes were also proposed to the CCS Guidelines on Directions and Remedies to ensure consistency.

The following revised guidelines took effect from 1 May 2026:

·       CCS Guidelines on Merger Procedures 

·       CCS Guidelines on Directions and Remedies

The proposed CCS Guidelines on the Fast Track Procedure will supersede the CCS’s Practice Statement on the Fast Track Procedure for Section 34 and Section 47 Cases (“Fast Track Procedure”). The revised Fast Track Procedure streamlines the resolution of investigations into infringements of sections 34 or 47 of the Competition Act 2004, bringing administrative benefits to both businesses and CCS. For businesses, it not only reduces administrative costs, but also provides a clear and expedient path to closure, allowing them to reduce management time needed to address infringements and operational uncertainty.

The following new or revised guidelines will take effect from 1 July 2026:

·      CCS Guidelines on the Fast Track Procedure [PDF, 321.22 KB]

·      CCS Guidelines on the Major Provisions [PDF, 496.38 KB]

·      CCS Guidelines on Directions and Remedies [PDF, 493.05 KB]

Click here to access the media release for CCS Guidelines on Merger Procedures.

Click here to access the media release for CCS Guidelines on the Fast Track Procedure.

Click here to access the CCS Guidelines.