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System Maintenance Advisory: MAO E-Notification System

Please be advised that the MAO E-Notification System will undergo scheduled maintenance to implement system enhancements from 01 April to 06 April 2026. During this period, the system will be temporarily unavailable.

The last day for electronic submissions through the MAO E-Notification System will be on 31 March 2026 (5:00 PM).

If there are submissions due during the scheduled maintenance period, all concerned parties are advised to ensure the early submission of the necessary documents prior to the maintenance dates.

The enhanced MAO E-Notification System will resume normal operations on Tuesday, 07 April 2026.

For any questions or concerns, please contact the Mergers and Acquisitions Office via email at mergers@phcc.gov.ph or by telephone at +632 8771 9722 local 252.

Please be guided accordingly.

 

 

 

Advisory: LMS Rebranding to PCC eCLASS

In line with its rebranding efforts, PCC's Learning Management System (LMS), previously known as iCLP: Online Learning Hub on Competition Law and Policy, will now be called PCC eCLASS: Enhanced Competition Learning Activities Spaces.

Correspondingly, the platform’s domain name will be changed from iclp.phcc.gov.ph to eclass.phcc.gov.ph.

Please be advised that the LMS will be temporarily unavailable from March 27, 2026 (5:00 PM) to March 31, 2026 (11:59 PM) to facilitate this transition.

Beginning April 1, 2026, users may access PCC’s online courses through the new domain.

 

 

 

PCC Advisory: Trunkline Service Interruption

 

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/ PCC raises merger notification thresholds to P8.5B SOP, P3.5B SOT effective March 2025

PRESS RELEASE
15 April 2025

PCC raises merger notification thresholds to P8.5B SOP, P3.5B SOT effective March 2025

The Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) has adjusted the thresholds for mergers and acquisitions (M&As) that will require notification to a size of party (SOP) reaching PhP 8.5 billion and size of transaction (SOT) hitting PhP 3.5 billion, effective March 1, 2025.

The new thresholds replace the previous SOP of PhP 7.8 billion and SOT of PhP 3.2 billion, which were in effect from March 1, 2024, to February 28, 2025. Notifications filed before March 1, 2025, ongoing M&A reviews, and transactions already decided by the Commission will not be affected.

The thresholds for compulsory notification are adjusted annually based on the previous year’s nominal gross domestic product (GDP) growth.

This marks the eighth adjustment to the thresholds since the Philippine Competition Act (PCA) was enacted in 2015, when the baseline threshold was set at PhP 1 billion. Notification is required when both the SOP and SOT thresholds are met. SOP refers to the total value of assets or revenues of the ultimate parent entity of any party to the deal while SOT refers to the total value of assets or revenues of the acquired entity.

To date, the PCC has received a total of 328 transactions with a combined value of PhP 6.27 trillion. The top five sectors for M&A activity are manufacturing (57), financial and insurance (53), real estate (47), electricity and gas (45), and transportation and storage (32). In 2024, the PCC reviewed 17 transactions worth PhP 784 billion.

As the Philippines' antitrust authority, the PCC reviews M&As to prevent deals that could substantially lessen competition in the relevant market. Even if a transaction falls below the notification thresholds, the PCC may still initiate a review motu proprio, or on its own initiative, if it has reasonable grounds to suspect that the transaction could significantly harm competition, or preliminary findings suggest it already has.

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REFERENCE:  
publicaffairs@phcc.gov.ph  
Public Affairs and Research Division
Communications and Knowledge Management Office
Philippine Competition Commission



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