Only the notices and information leaflets published on the Bundeskartellamt’s website (www.bundeskartellamt.de) are the official versions of the Bundeskartellamt's administrative principles. These currently include the following publications:
The Bundeskartellamt announces as follows:
- Information leaflet on the German control of concentrations
- Information leaflet on domestic effect
- Information leaflet on procedures for post-merger notification
- Information leaflet on the possibilities of cooperation for small and medium-sized enterprises
- Notice on the non-prosecution of cooperation agreements of minor importance (“de minimis notice”)
- Guidelines on the setting of fines
- Leniency programme for hardcore cartels
- Notice on the application of Section 20 (4), sentence 2 ARC (offer below cost price)
Click here for information leaflets on the ban on cartels, control of abusive practices and public procurement law.
Click here for Gesetz gegen Wettbewerbsbeschränkungen (German Competition Act - Act against Restraints of Competition, ARC).
Information leaflets on and forms used in merger control
The EU and the individual Member States have different rules on merger control.
We have published the following information leaflets which explain EU and German rules:
- Bundeskartellamt notice of the effects of the second domestic turnover threshold on the exemption regulations for the acquisition of real estate
- Notice on introduction of second domestic turnover threshold
- Guidance Document on Substantive Merger Control
- German control of concentrations
(Text is currently under revision in view of the second domestic turnover threshold)
Model texts for commitments and trustee mandate in merger control proceedings
- Information leaflet on domestic effect (Text is currently under revision in view of the second domestic turnover threshold)
- Factsheet on the scope of EU merger control
- ECA-Principles
- ICN Template on merger control
- Best Practices EU Merger Working Group