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Competition Act 89 of 1998 & Rules

ISBN	9781485151708
Edition	8th edition
Year	15 September 2023
Language	English
Category	Commercial Law & Tax

Further Legislative Developments

South African Petroleum Industry Association (SAPIA): Notice extending the period of designation of the petroleum industry for the purpose of s. 10 (3) (b) (iv) (GenN 2204 in GG 49779 of 28 November 2023) (p3) & (GenN 2334 in GG 50177 of 23 February 2024) (p3)
National Hospital Network ('NHN'): Extension of conditional exemption published (GN 4126 in GG 49791 of 1 December 2023) (p35)
South African Petroleum Industry Association (SAPIA): Grant of conditional exemption extended until 29 February 2024 published (GN 4199 in GG 49863 of 14 December 2023) (p45)
Memorandum of Understanding between the Competition Commission and the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) published and GN 829 in GG 40140 of 15 July 2016 terminated (GN 4391 in GG 50138 of 16 February 2024) (p101)
Guidelines on the filing of merger notifications for hostile transactions under Competition Act 89 of 1998 (as amended) published (GN 4543 in GG 50323 of 20 March 2024) (p3)
Revised Public Interest Guidelines Relating to Merger Control published (GN 4544 in GG 50323 of 20 March 2024) (p21)

Proposed Future Developments

Draft amendment to the determination of merger threshold and method of calculation in terms of s. 11 in GenN 216 in GG 31957 of 6 March 2009 for comment (GN 554 in GG 40902 of 9 June 2017) (p4)
Proposed amendments to the method of calculation in terms of s. 11 published in GenN 216 in GG 31957 of 6 March 2009 and explanatory memorandum published for comment (GN 1004 in GG 41124 of 15 September 2017) (p9)
Notice of Draft Enforcement Guidelines published for comment (GN 1327 in GG 42775 of 18 October 2019) (p21)
National Health Insurance Bill, 2019 [B11B-2019]
Proposed amendments to forms, Regulations and Rules of the Competition Commission published for comment (GN 247 in GG 44309 of 23 March 2021 (p3) & GN 249 in GG 44319 of 25 March 2021 (p3))
Proposed Regulations on Non-Binding Advisory Opinions, 2020 published for comment (GN 248 in GG 44310 of 23 March 2021) (p3)
Draft guidelines on local procurement in the implementation of the South African Value Chain Sugarcane Master Plan to 2030 published for comment (GN 355 in GG 44469 of 23 April 2021) (p426)
Draft Block Exemption Regulations for Small, Micro and Medium-Sized Businesses, 2022 published for comment (GN R2431 in GG 46838 of 31 August 2022) (p3)
Draft Rules relating to a divestiture recommendation by the Commission in terms of s. 43D (2) of the Act published for comment (GN 3127 in GG 48184 of 8 March 2023) (p6)
Draft Regulations on Non-Binding Advisory Opinions, 2023 published for comment (GenN 2265 in GG 49955 of 27 December 2023) (p3)

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