MOFCOM consults on comprehensive draft merger remedies regulation – What is MOFCOM's preference: structural, behavioural or hybrid?

As part of a continued move toward greater transparency in China's merger control regime, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) published for public comment on 27 March 2013 draft Regulations on the Imposition of Restrictive Conditions on Concentrations of Business Operators (Draft Restrictive Conditions Regulations). The consultation closes on 26 April. The new draft rules are comprehensive in scope and largely in line with mainstream international practice – notably in the EU.