F.1. Acting in concert, significant influence, indirect shareholders, decision to acquire

Competent authorities should determine whether the circumstances giving rise to a proposed acquisition of qualifying holding in a target undertaking are met, preliminary to the assessment of the suitability of the proposed acquirer.

For these purposes competent authorities should apply the assessment methodology set out in the Joint ESAs Guidelines on QH, namely in Title II, Chapter 1, Section 4 on Acting in concert, Section 5 on Significant influence, Section 6 on Indirect acquisitions of qualifying holdings, Section 7 on Decision to Acquire.