Informal Merger Clearance – Public Competition Assessments
Submission Date: 3 July 2013
This submission is in reference to the last liaison meeting between the ACCC and the Competition and Consumer Committee of the Business Law Section of the Law Council of Australia (Committee) on 16 April 2013. The Committee welcomes these opportunities to meet with you, other Commissioners and ACCC staff to freely discuss topical issues arising under our competition and consumer laws.
During recent liaison meetings, Committee members raised concerns about delays associated with the issuing of Public Competition Assessments following decisions by the ACCC on informal merger clearance applications. The purpose of this letter is to provide some additional detail underpinning those concerns and to invite your response to the issues raised. The matters raised below may also be relevant to the Commission's current review of the Merger Process Guidelines.
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Last Updated on 07/04/2025
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