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The General Authority for Competition (GAC) announced the summary of its performance for 2023 regarding applications for economic concentration, which amounted to 313 applications.
The authority issued 172 no-objection certificates during 2023, down 2.3% year-on-year (YoY), according to a statement.
Acquisitions dominated the largest number of economic concentration applications reaching 143, or 83% of the total, the authority added.
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Details of Economic Concentration Applications in 2023 |
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Type of Application |
2022 |
2023 |
Change |
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Under study |
11 |
10 |
(9%) |
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No required to be reported |
128 |
128 |
-- |
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Rejected |
1 |
-- |
-- |
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No-Objection |
176 |
172 |
(2%) |
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Pending |
-- |
3 |
-- |
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Total applications |
316 |
313 |
(1%) |
The manufacturing industries sector accounted for 23% of total applications. It was followed by information and telecommunications with 17%, then professional, scientific and technical activities with 8%.
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Economic Concentration Applications by Sector |
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Sector |
Percentage |
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Manufacturing |
23% |
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Information and telecommunications |
17% |
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Professional, scientific, and technical activities |
8% |
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Financial activities and insurance |
7% |
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Other services activities |
46% |
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