Industry voices concern about merger control

By Anand S Pathak, P&A Law Offices
0
649
LinkedIn
Facebook
Twitter
Whatsapp
Telegram
Copy link

In January this year, the Competition Commission of India released drafts for comment of certain regulations to implement the provisions of the Competition Act, 2002.

The commission’s intention to move forward on implementation of the act and rumours that the act might enter into effect in autumn, forced Indian industry and practitioners to focus on the draft regulations. In February, several industry federations met to respond to the request for comments on the draft regulations.

Anand-Pathak-Lawyer-Law-Business-India
Anand S Pathak
Partner
P&A Law Offices

Based on remarks of industry leaders, it appears industry is alarmed about the prospect of sections 5 and 6 of the act being applicable to a wide range of transactions that do not raise any competitive concerns, and the potential for these provisions to delay transactions.

You must be a subscribersubscribersubscribersubscriber to read this content, please subscribesubscribesubscribesubscribe today.

For group subscribers, please click here to access.
Interested in group subscription? Please contact us.

你需要登录去解锁本文内容。欢迎注册账号。如果想阅读月刊所有文章,欢迎成为我们的订阅会员成为我们的订阅会员

已有集团订阅,可点击此处继续浏览。
如对集团订阅感兴趣,请联络我们

Anand S Pathak is partner-in-charge of P&A Law Offices in New Delhi. He can be contacted at apathak@palawoffices.com.

P&A Law Offices

P&A Law Offices
1st Floor, Dr Gopal Das Bhavan
28 Barakhamba Road
New Delhi, 110 001
India
Tel: +91 11 4139 3939
Fax: +91 11 2335 3761
Email: apathak@palawoffices.com

LinkedIn
Facebook
Twitter
Whatsapp
Telegram
Copy link