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CCI combination notification and standstill

A transaction that meets a combination threshold must be notified to CCI and cannot be completed before approval.

How this is timed

Standing duty, no filing date

Regulator: CCI
Category: Exchanges and other
Form: Not specified
Last verified: 2026-09-01

Notify CCI when a proposed transaction meets any applicable asset, turnover or deal-value threshold, and do not give effect to the combination before approval. This is a suspensory deal condition, not a general filing due within 30 days. A 30-day clock remains only for the narrow open-offer or on-market route under regulation 5(4), and for the specified Commission-communication case under regulation 9(3).

What changed

The general 30-day description is wrong. The notification duty is suspensory. The sweep also found an unresolved contradiction in CCI's own pages about the current de-minimis exemption, so this row does not assert that exemption as current.

Deadlines counted from an event

These have no calendar date. The clock starts when the event happens.

Standing duty

Notify CCI and do not give effect to the combination before approval.

Applies when: The proposed transaction meets at least one applicable combination threshold.

Notice after first acquisition under section 6A(a)from first acquisition through an open offer or a series of on-market purchases

Give notice within 30 days of the first acquisition under regulation 5(4).

Applies when: The acquisition uses the section 6A(a) open-offer or on-market route.

Notice after specified Commission communicationfrom receipt of the Commission communication described in regulation 9(3)

Give notice within 30 days after receipt of the specified Commission communication.

Applies when: Regulation 9(3) applies to the transaction.

The rule

Stated as the law states it, so you can work out any period yourself.

Standstill until approval

Notify CCI and do not give effect to the combination before approval.

Applies when: The proposed transaction meets at least one applicable combination threshold.

Notice after first acquisition under section 6A(a)

Give notice within 30 days of the first acquisition under regulation 5(4).

Applies when: The acquisition uses the section 6A(a) open-offer or on-market route.

Notice after specified Commission communication

Give notice within 30 days after receipt of the specified Commission communication.

Applies when: Regulation 9(3) applies to the transaction.

Who must comply

A party to an acquisition, merger or amalgamation that meets any applicable section 5 threshold
A transaction above 2,000 crore rupees where the target has substantial business operations in India

Carve-outs

The sweep could not verify whether the small-target exemption of India assets up to 450 crore rupees or turnover up to 1,250 crore rupees remained current after 7 March 2026. Do not rely on those figures without a current notification.

Statutory basis

Read the provision here where we hold it, or on the regulator's site.

If you miss it

The sweep identifies a gun-jumping penalty under section 43A but does not establish an amount.

The parties must not complete the combination before CCI approval

CCI (Combinations) Regulations, 20242024-09-10

Common questions

Is every CCI combination notice due within 30 days?

No. The general 30-day limb has been exempted through 2027. The main constraint is standstill: do not complete a notifiable combination before approval.

Can I rely on the small-target exemption figures?

Not from this row. Two current CCI pages contradict each other on whether the 450 crore rupee asset and 1,250 crore rupee turnover limits survived 7 March 2026.

Last verified 2026-09-01. Confirm against the official source before you rely on it.