Fees and Service Standards

The Competition Bureau has established fees and service standards for certain services and regulatory processes under the Competition Act. These apply to Written Opinion requests, Advance ruling Certificate requests, Merger Notification Filings and photocopies.

NOTICE: The Bureau has amended the fee tables for Merger Review and Written Opinions to reflect recent changes made to the GST. See the attached revised tables. Include a link to the tables below.

This Handbook is intended to be used as reference material for those individuals or companies requesting the above-mentioned services and/or those who are bound by merger statutory requirements. The Handbook is also used by Bureau officers undertaking these activities as reference material.

The Bureau's Fee and Service Standards Policy is consistent with the government's overall objective of fairness, which seeks to ensure that those who benefit most from a service should pay for it, rather than have all Canadians pay through general taxation. The Policy also recognizes the "public good" component related to the activities covered by the Policy. These fees have been developed within this framework and in consideration of other government and Bureau policy objectives.

Performance Report

• 2007 - Stakeholders Consultation on Mergers - Report
• 2007 - Merger Review Performance Report
• 2004 - Performance Report on Written Opinions
• 2004 - Merger Review Performance Report
• 2002 - Proposal to amend Fees
• 2001 - Merger Review-Performance Report
• 1998 Performance Report
• Merger Review Benchmarking Report