GERMANY Trends and Developments Contributed by: Andreas Rosenfeld and Sebastian Steinbarth, Redeker Sellner Dahs
nificantly longer than the statutory review period of five months. The debate about “killer acquisitions” and ways of controlling transactions below the turnover thresholds continues to occupy the antitrust authorities, although the FCO currently consid - ers the transaction value threshold to be a suffi - cient instrument. Following the conclusion of the sector inquiry into refineries and fuel wholesale, the FCO is now also contemplating the applica - tion of its new instruments for controlling prob - lematic markets, although the merger control- specific instruments are yet to be used.
The direction of antitrust law in Germany is dif - ficult to predict for the time being while the newly elected federal government sorts out its priori - ties. It remains to be seen which aspects from the envisaged 12th amendment to the GCA, which was meant to address various merger control topics, will remain a priority for the new federal government.
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