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BOSNIA AND NORTH ALBANIA CROATIA KOSOVO MONTENEGRO SERBIA SLOVENIA HERZEGOVINA MACEDONIA Special guidelines issued: New Special guidelines Yes (available at Yes (available at Yes (available at guidelines are Yes (available at No No No issued: Link 1 below) Link 2 below) Link 3 below) published Link 5 below) (available at Link 4 below) General w.h.: 8.00 – 15.00 (Mo, Tu, Th) Closed for 8.00 – 16.00 (We) 8.30 – 16.30 meetings and 8.00 – 14.30 (Fr) Working hours: 8.00 – 16.00 9.00 – 17.00 (for submissions: 8.00 – 16.00 hardcopy 8.30 – 13.00 9.00 – 15.00 9:00 – 15:00) submissions in For parties: person 9.00 – 12.00 (Mo, Fr) 9.00 – 12.00 and 14.00 – 16.00 (We) Merger filings: Accepted Accepted Accepted Accepted Accepted Accepted Accepted Accepted Other Accepted Accepted Accepted Accepted Accepted Accepted Accepted Accepted submissions: Accepted per email Accepted per email (see email 2 (see email 6 below) below) Initial Accepted per email Accepted per email Accepted per email Accepted per email submissions *for the sake of (see email 3 (see email 5 *for the sake of (see email 1 Not accepted Not accepted (see email 7 (e.g. merger caution, submission below) below) caution, submission below) below) filings) per email: per email should per email should always be followed always be followed by hardcopy by hardcopy submission submission per post Follow-up Accepted, but Accepted, but Accepted, but communication previously not fully previously not fully Accepted previously not fully Accepted Accepted Accepted Accepted with case handlers effective effective effective per email: Scheduled. In case of meetings regarding matters that cannot be Not scheduled handled per email Taking place New meetings Not scheduled until Scheduled only in Not scheduled Not scheduled until at least or phone, parties Scheduled beginning with and hearings: further notice some cases until further notice until further notice 1 April 2020 have to make 18 May 2020. an appointment (see email 4 below or call: +385 1 6176 448). Taking place beginning with 18 May 2020, however recom- Already mendation is to scheduled Postponed until at Postponed until Hearings will take Taking place only Postponed until Postponed until Taking place check with meeting least 1 April 2020 further notice place in some cases further notice further notice Commission and and hearings: case handler via email regarding each particular case. Relevant statutory State of emergency deadlines that is officially suspen- would have expired ded on 6 May during the state of 2020. Deadlines emergency are that have expired suspended for the Relevant statutory during the state of Delays expected, entire duration of deadlines are Decisions of the No delays No delays emergency (24 at least until Delays expected Delays expected the state of suspended during authority: expected expected March to 6 May 1 April 2020 emergency. After the state of 2020) will be the end of the emergency. considered expired state of emergency, on 5 June 2020 the deadlines shall (30 days from the be prolonged for end of the state of the remaining days emergency). of the term. Yes, parties cannot suffer any consequence for breaching relevant statutory deadlines Reasonably Reasonably Reasonably Reasonably during the state of expected subject expected subject expected subject expected subject emergency. Lenient approach to reasoned to reasoned to reasoned to reasoned The deadlines for by the authority request by the request by the request by the request by the exercising parties’ if a party Not expected Not expected Not expected parties (e.g. in case parties (e.g. in case parties (e.g. in case parties (e.g. in case rights in admin- breaches a of delays directly of delays directly of delays directly of delays directly istrative matters deadline: caused by caused by caused by caused by that would have COVID-19) COVID-19) COVID-19) COVID-19) expired during the state of emergency shall expire on the 8th day after the end of the state of emergency. Minimum capacity Minimum capacity Minimum capacity Commission’s staff Competition in the office in the office in the office Staff working in Staff working in Staff working in is starting to work Staff working in authority’s maintained, with maintained, with maintained, with the office at the office at the office, so far at regularly from the the office at working majority of staff majority of staff majority of staff reduced capacity regular capacity. regular capacity office on 18 May reduced capacity capacity: working from working from working from 2020. home home home.

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