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Is Competition Board approval required for every transaction?

No. Approval is required when the parties' turnovers exceed certain thresholds and a change of control is involved. We assess at an early stage whether the transaction is subject to notification and, where necessary, run the notification process.

Updated · July 20261 min readCategory · Practice & Disputes
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No. Approval is required when the parties' turnovers exceed certain thresholds and a change of control is involved. We assess at an early stage whether the transaction is subject to notification and, where necessary, run the notification process.

No. Approval is required when the parties’ turnovers exceed certain thresholds and a change of control is involved. We assess at an early stage whether the transaction is subject to notification and, where necessary, run the notification process.

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