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France plans ‘proactive’ referral policy for non-notifiable mergers, Chantrel says

By Natalie McNelis
  • 21 Nov 2022 17:57
  • 21 Nov 2022 18:01
The French competition authority intends to set up a team to monitor below-threshold mergers to consider whether they are suitable for a referral to the European Commission, a top official told a conference* in Brussels today.

“We won't entirely rely on passive tools, like a third party coming to us, o

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Natalie McNelis

Senior Correspondent


Natalie McNelis covers mergers for MLex in Brussels. Before joining MLex in 2017, she spent 20 years as an international trade and competition lawyer in law firms including Stibbe and WilmerHale. Natalie has a BA in English from Mount Holyoke College, a JD from Harvard Law School and an LLM in EU law from KU Leuven. She is admitted to the bar in New York.

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