Further Legislative Developments

• Competition Act 89 of 1998: S. 3 amended by the National Health Insurance Act 20 of 2023, with effect from a date to be proclaimed
• 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 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)
• Block Exemption Regulations for Small, Micro and Medium-Sized Businesses, 2022 published (GenN 2538 in GG 50746 of 3 June 2024) (p3)
• Regulations on Non-Binding Advisory Opinions, 2024 published and the fees set out in Reg. 10 (4) of the Competition Commission Rules for advisory opinions repealed (GenN 2885 in GG 51711 of 6 December 2024) (p266)

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)
• 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))
• 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 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 Vertical Restraints Regulations, 2023 published for comment (GenN 2539 in GG 50746 of 3 June 2024 (p12) [corrected and closing date for comments extended (GenN 2629 in GG 50948 of 19 July 2024 (p3)])
• Draft Block Exemption for Ports and Rail, 2024 published for comment (GenN 2576 in GG 50833 of 19 June 2024) (p3)
• Draft Guidelines on Indivisible Transactions published for comment (GN 5000 in GG 50880 of 28 June 2024) (p90)
• Notice of publication for comment of draft Price-cost Margin Calculations Guidelines published (GN 5716 in GG 51790 of 19 December 2024) (p3)
• Draft Guidelines on Internal Restructuring published for comment (GenN 2939 in GG 51950 of 24 January 2025) (p84)
• Notice of publication for comment of draft Guidelines on the Commission's Handling of Confidential Information in terms of the Act published (GN 5845 in GG 52061 of 7 February 2025) (p44)
• Draft Interim Block Exemption for Tariffs Determination in the Healthcare Sector, 2025 published for comment (GN 5870 in GG 52111 of 14 February 2025) (p3)

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