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Significant amendments to COMESA Competition Law regime

Significant amendments to COMESA Competition Law regime

10th April 2015

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With effect from 26 March 2015, various significant amendments have been made to the COMESA Competition Rules (the “Rules”) and the COMESA Competition Regulations (the “Regulations”), following a meeting of the Council of Ministers (the “Council”) in Ethiopia. Some of the most important developments are the following:

Filing fees reduced

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  • Noting the concerns raised by the business community that the thresholds for merger notification were set at zero and that filing fees of up to US$500,000 were payable, the has approved amendments to the COMESA Rules on the Determination of Merger Notification Threshold of 2012, reducing the cap of filing fees from US$500,000 to US$200,000.  The percentage used in the calculation of filing fees has also been reduced from 0.5% to 0.1%. 

Change in merger notification threshold

  • It is also understood that the merger filing thresholds have been raised.  In order for a merger to be notifiable to the COMESA Competition Commission:
    • the combined turnover or assets (whichever is higher) of the merging parties in the Common Market must be US$50,000,000 or more; and
    • each of the merging parties must have turnover or assets in the Common Market of at least US$10,000,000. 
  • In addition to the above, in circumstances where each of the merging parties generates 2/3 of their annual turnover in one and the same Member State, a COMESA filing will not be required and national notification obligations will apply instead.

Certification of documents

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  • Documents that were previously required to be certified but are difficult to certify due to their nature and/or size, such as technical reports, no longer need to be certified.

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