The National Directorate for Investigation and Promotion of Free Competition (DLC) of the indecopi informed that, to date, it has not received a request for authorization on the acquisition of Enel Distribución Perú SAA and Enel X Perú SACby China Southern Power Grid International (HK) Co., to which the “Important Fact” reported to the Securities Market Superintendence (SMV) refers.
In this sense, it indicated that, given the non-existence of such a request by the companies involved, it is not possible for the institution to provide information in this regard.
“It is important to remember that within the framework of the ‘Law that establishes prior control of business concentration operations’, Once the application is received, Indecopi will evaluate it within the terms established by law, following technical and objective criteria and safeguarding economic efficiency in the markets for the well-being of consumers.“The agency said in a statement.
Finally, he explained that, since the entry into force of the law, in June 2021, Indecopi has received 27 business concentration requests. Of them, 22 were approved without conditions, one application was authorized with conditions due to the risks warned of the competition, one application was withdrawn by the applicant and the other three are pending.
Source: Larepublica

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