After several months of public consultation over a reform of its merger control guidelines, the French competition Authority (FCA) has released July 23rd, 2020, its final version of the revised guidelines on merger control. The present On-Topic gathers three contributions reviewing this document’s inputs and limits in terms of decision-making practice, simplification of control and commitment procedures, transparency and modernization of competitive analysis with regard to the new challenges posed by the digital economy.
By Philippe Guibert, Laetitia Gavoty Tolot, Sofia El Hariri, Fayrouze Masmi-Dazi, Gwenaëlle Poilon, “The French Competition Authority’s new merger control guidelines”, September 21, 2020, Concurrences N° 4-2020, Art. N° 96597