The obligation to notify is incumbent on the natural or legal persons acquiring control of all or part of an undertaking or, in the case of a merger or the creation of a joint venture, on all the parties concerned, who must then notify jointly. The content of the notification file is set by decree.
Receipt of notification of a transaction, or the total or partial referral of a transaction falling within the jurisdiction of the European Union, is the subject of a press release published by the Autorité de la concurrence in accordance with procedures laid down by decree.
On receipt of the file, the Competition Authority sends a copy to the minister responsible for the economy.