The Competition Bureau announced today that the filing fee for merger reviews is set to increase from $74,905.57 to $77,452.36 pursuant to a required annual adjustment set out in the Service Fees Act. The new filing fee comes into effect April 1, 2022.

• Under the Service Fees Act, the Bureau’s filing fee for merger reviews is subject to an annual Consumer Price Index adjustment.

• On April 1, 2021, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada’s new Remission Policy, which applies to filing fees for pre-merger notifications and/or ARC requests, came into effect.

• The Remission Policy’s Program Annexes set out how the principles and requirements of the policy apply to Bureau merger reviews.

Related products

• Competition Bureau Fees and Service Standards Policy for Mergers and Merger Related Matters
• Competition Bureau Fees and Service Standards Handbook for Mergers and Merger-Related Matters
• Procedures Guide for Notifiable Transactions and Advance Ruling Certificates Under the Competition Act
• 2022 pre-merger notification transaction-size threshold

Associated links

• Implementation of the Service Fees Act
• Service Fees Remission Policy
• Remission Policy Program Annexes

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