The Provisions of the State Council on Notification Thresholds of Concentrations of Undertakings were published by the State Council on 3 August, 2008, and came into effect on the same day.
After months of speculation, some guidance on the merger control regime under the Anti-Monopoly Law (AML) has been issued. However, apart from providing slightly improved thresholds compared to the draft provided to the public in March, the long-awaited provisions did not elicit excitement from the business community, as was previously anticipated.
