Grab’s acquisition of Uber’s assets and driver contracts across Southeast Asia, including the Philippines, proved to be an early test of the merger review powers of the Philippine Competition Commission (‘PCC’ or the ‘Commission’). Barely two years from its establishment, the Commission not only had to invoke its authority to conduct a motu proprio review of a transaction which the parties involved asserted was not notifiable under the country’s mandatory notification regime; moreover, the Commission had to contend with a myriad of novel and critical issues, such as conflicting rulings with a sector regulator, the challenges of compelling the return and continued operations of a firm which had exited the region, and the efficacy of behavioural remedies, including price commitments by the remaining firm.

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Grab–Uber合并：年轻的竞争机构面临的挑战

Grab对包括菲律宾在内的整个东南亚地区的Uber资产和驾驶员合同的收购，证明是对菲律宾竞争委员会（“ PCC”或“委员会”）的合并审查权力的早期考验。委员会成立不到两年，不仅不得不援引其权力对有关各方断言根据该国的强制性通知制度不予通知的一项交易进行自动审查；此外，委员会必须应对众多新颖而关键的问题，例如与行业监管机构的裁决相互冲突，迫使已离开该地区的公司回归和继续经营所面临的挑战以及行为补救措施的效力，包括剩余公司的价格承诺。