As companies have temporarily suspended their business operations due to the Covid-19 outbreak, Konkurencijos taryba is struggling to receive information from businesses and informs companies that it may take longer than usual to implement the activities ascribed to it by the laws, especially merger control.  

Konkurencijos taryba cleared the acquisition of 100 per cent and sole control of the Estonian company Baltic Classifieds Group indirectly through Antler Bidco and Antler HoldCo , the latter registered in Luxembourg, by the London-based firm Apax Partners .

On 6 May 2016, the Competition Council (hereinafter – KT) prohibited a merger whereby in 2014  AS Eesti Meedia  acquired 100 per cent of  AllePAL OÜ  shares. KT found that the merger restricted competition in the Lithuanian markets of classified ads for real estate and vehicles.  

Lithuanian Competition Council (the Council) announced that the new Merger Notification and Examination Procedure (the Merger Procedure) had come into force on 1 January 2016. As of that date, all merger notifications must be submitted in line with the new Merger Procedure.