EAC merger control


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Practice notes

EAC merger control


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Practice notes
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1. Have there been any recent developments regarding the EAC merger control regime and are any updates/developments expected in the coming year? Are there any other ‘hot’ merger control issues in the EAC?

The merger regime of the EAC is set out in the East African Community Competition Act, 2006 (EAC Competition Act), East African Community Competition (Amendment) Act 2010, and the East African Community Competition Regulations, 2010 (EAC Regulations). The East African Community Competition Authority (EACCA) is responsible for the implementation of the EAC Competition Act and Regulations. The member states of the EAC are: the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the United Republic of Tanzania, the Republics of Kenya, Burundi, Rwanda, South Sudan, and Uganda. Negotiations between the EAC and the Federal Republic of Somalia are currently underway to introduce Somalia as the eighth member state of the EAC.

The EAC Competition Act is applicable to economic activities and sectors having a cross-border effect which is economic activity that spans the geographically defined borders of the EAC member states. Mergers with a cross-border effect are those where both the acquiring

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