Consolidated Jurisdictional Notice
The consolidated Commission Jurisdictional Notice replaced the four jurisdictional Notices adopted by the Commission in 1998 under Council Regulation No. 4064/89. These were (i) the Notice on the concept of concentration, (ii) the Notice on the concept of full-function joint ventures, (iii) the Notice on the concept of undertakings concerned and (iv) the Notice on calculation of turnover
Commission Consolidated Jurisdictional Notice under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 on the control of concentrations between undertakings (the "Merger Regulation").
Language versions published in the OJ C95 of 16.04.2008: bg | cs | da | el | en | es | et | fi | hu | it | lt | lv | mt | nl | pl | pt | ro | sk | sl | sv
Corrected language versions de and fr published in the OJ C 43 of 21.02.2009: de | fr
Notice on Simplification
In December 2013, the Commission adopted a package to simplify its procedures for reviewing concentrations under the EU Merger Regulation. This merger simplification package has been applicable since 1 January 2014.
Commission Notice of 5 December 2013 on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. The Notice forms part of the 'merger simplification package', which has been applicable since 1 January 2014. (Official Journal C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5)
Corrigendum to Commission notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Official Journal C 011, 15.01.2014, p.6)
Notices and Guidelines on substance
Non-horizontal Guidelines | Guidelines on the assessment of non-horizontal mergers under the Council Regulation on the control of concentrations between undertakings
Official Journal C 265 of 18/10/2008 |
Horizontal Guidelines
| Guidelines on the assessment of horizontal mergers under the Council Regulation on the control of concentrations between undertakings
Official Journal C 31, 05.02.2004, p. 5-18 |
Relevant Market | Commission notice on the definition of the Relevant Market for the purposes of Community competition law
Official Journal C 372, 09.12.1997, p. 5 |
Remedies
| Commission Notice on remedies acceptable under the Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 and under Commission Regulation (EC) No 802/2004
Official Journal C 267, 22.10.2008, p. 1-27 |
Ancillary restraints | Commission Notice on restrictions directly related and necessary to concentrations
Official Journal C 56, 05.03.2005, p. 24-31 |
Abandonment of concentrations | DG Competition Information note on Art. 6 (1) c 2nd sentence of Regulation 139/2004 |
Access to file | Commission Notice on the rules for access to the Commission file
Official Journal C 325, 22.12.2005, p. 7-15 |
Case referrals | Commission Notice on Case Referral in respect of concentrations
Official Journal C 56, 05.03.2005, p. 2-23 Guidance on the application of the referral mechanism set out in Article 22 of the Merger Regulation to certain categories of cases
Official Journal C 113, 31.3.2021, p. 1–6 |
UK withdrawal | Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community
Official Journal C 384I, 12.11.2019, p. 1 |
