Statement of Preliminary Issues Available for CSR/Brickworks Clearance Application
The Commerce Commission has published a statement of preliminary issues relating to an application from CSR Building
Products (NZ) Limited and Brickworks Building Products (NZ) Pty Limited seeking clearance to merge their brick
businesses in New Zealand.
The statement of preliminary issues outlines the key competition issues that the Commission currently considers will be
important in deciding whether or not to grant clearance. The Commission’s statement of preliminary issues and the public
version of CSR and Brickwork’s application are available on the Commission’s website at: www.comcom.govt.nz/clearances-register
The Commission invites submission from parties who consider they have relevant information for the Commission’s
consideration.
Submissions can be sent to registrar@comcom.govt.nz with the reference CSR/Brickworks in the subject line of the email or to PO Box 2351, Wellington 6140 by 4pm Wednesday
19 September 2012.
Background
Assessing an application for a merger or acquisition
When considering a proposed merger, the Commission must decide whether the competition that is lost in a market when two
businesses merge is substantial. We will give clearance to a proposed merger only if we are satisfied that the merger is
unlikely to have the effect of substantially lessening competition in a market.
A fact sheet explaining how the Commission assesses a merger application is available at www.comcom.govt.nz/merger-assessment