(1) In the case of a merger or acquisition that is a media merger, the undertakings involved that notified the Commission under section 18(1), or that notified the European Commission, as the case may be, shall notify the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media in writing, and shall provide him or her with full details, of the proposal to put the merger or acquisition into effect.
(2) A notification to the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media under subsection (1) -
(a) shall be made on or before the relevant date, and
(b) notwithstanding paragraph (a), shall not be made before whichever of the following dates is applicable:
(i) the date of a determination by the Commission under paragraph (a) of section 21(2) or under paragraph (a) or (c) of section 22(3);
(ii) the day after the period specified in subsection (2) of section 21 has elapsed without the Commission having informed the undertakings that made the notification concerned of th
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