Les nouvelles lignes directrices en matière de contrôle des concentrations

The new merger control guidelines published by the French Competition Authority : Towards greater transparency and procedural guarantees for companies when proposing remedies ? Philippe Guibert Partner, De Pardieu Brocas Maffei, Paris, Paris Laëtitia Gavoty Tolot Counsel, De Pardieu Brocas Maffei, Paris, Paris Sofia El Hariri Counsel, De Pardieu Brocas Maffei, Paris 1. On 23 July 2020, the French Competition Authority (the “FCA”) published new merger control guidelines in order to gather third parties’ views (the “New Guidelines”). The FCA aims at making the New Guidelines “more didactic” and “a clearer guide to enable economic operators to better anticipate the FCA's reasoning when examining a transaction.” [1] These new Guidelines follow an important modernisation and simplification