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Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 May 2014)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 37 : In page 56, line 19, to delete “the European Commission” and substitute “that notified the European Commission”.This a technical clarification amendment.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 May 2014)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 38: In page 57, lines 5 and 6, to delete “Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/20043on the control of concentrations between undertakings” and substitute “the Council Regulation”.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 May 2014)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 39: In page 59, lines 19 and 20, to delete “Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/20044on the control of concentrations between undertakings” and substitute “the Council Regulation”.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 May 2014)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 40: In page 63, lines 12 and 13, to delete “Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/20045on the control of concentrations between undertakings” and substitute “the Council Regulation”.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 May 2014)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 41: In page 68, lines 8 and 9, to delete “Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/20046on the control of concentrations between undertakings” and substitute “the Council Regulation”.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 May 2014)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 42: In page 70, line 43, to delete “was” and substitute “were”.This is a grammatical amendment.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 May 2014)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 43: In page 73, line 13, to delete “ ‘significant interests ’” and substitute “significant interests”.This is a drafting amendment.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 May 2014)

Richard Bruton: I believe the Deputy has a point here and again I would suggest revisiting this with a view to an amendment on Report Stage to ensure greater accessibility of the draft guidelines for members of the public, following consultation with the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 May 2014)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 24: In page 47, between lines 30 and 31, to insert the following:"(a) by substituting the following subsections for subsection (1):"(1) Where⁠—(a) in relation to a proposed merger or acquisition, in the most recent financial year⁠—(i) the aggregate turnover in the State of the undertakings involved is not less than €50,000,000, and (ii)...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 May 2014)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 25: In page 47, to delete line 37.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 May 2014)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 26: In page 48, to delete line 5 and substitute the following:"subsection.",(e) in subsection (13), by substituting "the Council Regulation" for "Council Regulation (EEC) No. 4064/89 on the control of concentrations between undertakings", and (f) in subsection (14), by substituting "the Council Regulation" for "Council Regulation No. 4064/89".".

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 May 2014)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 27: In page 48, line 20, to delete "unless" and substitute "and unless".This is a drafting amendment.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 May 2014)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 28: In page 48, between lines 33 and 34, to insert the following:"Amendment of section 20 of Act of 2002 54.Section 20 of the Act of 2002 is amended⁠—(a) in subsection (2), by inserting "and an officer (where the undertaking is a body corporate), partner (where the undertaking is a partnership) or any individual in control (in the case of any other form of...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 May 2014)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 29:In page 49, line 28, to delete "the requirement" and substitute "the first requirement".This is a drafting amendment to allow the competition and consumer protection commission to make more than one requirement of one or more undertakings concerned.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 May 2014)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 30: In page 51, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 27 of Act of 2002 59. Subsection (1) of section 27 of the Act of 2002 is amended by substituting “(ii)” for “(iii)”.”.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 May 2014)

Richard Bruton: Can I just say at the beginning of Part 4 that I will revert with some further refinements to definitions on the media merger provisions on Report Stage?

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 May 2014)

Richard Bruton: The Bill provides that the new Competition and Consumer Protection Commission will, under section 30, submit an annual report to the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation who will lay it before the Houses of the Oireachtas. It is not normal for such reports to contain recommendations. However, the Bill also provides in section 8, as part of the functions of the new commission, for it...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 May 2014)

Richard Bruton: I will come back on Report Stage with an amendment to bring the provision in the Bill into line with the latest wording in the Protected Disclosures Bill.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 May 2014)

Richard Bruton: I am considering further refinements and clarifications of powers for authorised officers under the Competition Act 2002 and may revert to the matter on Report Stage in that context.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 May 2014)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 16: In page 45, line 19, to delete “definition” and substitute “definitions”.I am considering further refinements to definitions and provisions included in the Competition Act 2002 and may revert to the matter on Report Stage in this context. This applies to Part 3.