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 Simplified Procedure
Commission Notice on a simplified treatment for certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 on the control of concentrations between undertakings (the “Notice on Simplified Procedure”)(Official Journal C 160, 5.5.2023, p. 1-10)
As part of its initiative to further simplify EU merger control procedures, the Commission has adopted on 20 April 2023 a new Notice on Simplified Procedure, that will replace Commission Notice of 5 December 2013 on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 and Corrigendum to Commission notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004.
This new Notice on Simplified Procedure will enter into force on 1 September 2023. Until then, please refer to the Commission Notice of 5 December 2013 on a simplified procedure for the purpose of your merger notifications.
All information on the main changes made in the context of the Commission’s initiative to further simplify EU merger control procedures can be found in the Press release and the Q&A document on this matter.
As a result, also the format and practicalities of notifications will change on 1 September 2023. For all information and templates, go to the dedicated webpage for this initiative and to practical information.