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Published date: 4 September 2024

Court of Justice curbs EC’s ambition to review non-notifiable mergers

On 3 September 2024, the EU Court of Justice ruled that the European Commission cannot "call in" non-notifiable transactions under the EU Merger Regulation.


On 3 September 2024, the European Court of Justice ("Court of Justice"), in a landmark decision, put an end to the Illumina/GRAIL saga. It ruled that under the EU Merger Regulation, the European Commission ("Commission") cannot "call in" such transactions that are not notifiable before any competition authority within the EU, i.e., neither EU nor national level. 

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