CCC Notice No. 1 of 2023
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the COMESA Competition Commission (“Commission”) shall observe the official holidays recognized by the host country, the government of Malawi. Consequently, the Commission would like to notify all its esteemed customers that the Office of the Registrar would be closed in the Year 2023 on the following dates:-
| OFFICIAL HOLIDAY | DATE |
| New Year’s Day | 1 and 2 January 2023 |
| John Chilembwe Day | 15 and 16 January 2023 |
| Martyrs Day | 3 March 2023 |
| Good Friday | 7 April 2023 |
| Easter | 9 and 10 April 2023 |
| Labour Day | 1 May 2023 |
| Eid al-Fitr | 21 or 22 or 24 April 2023* (to be confirmed by the Government of Malawi) |
| Kamuzu Day | 14 and 15 May 2023 |
| Independence Day | 6 July 2023 |
| Mother’s Day | 15 and 16 October 2023 |
| Christmas | 25 and 26 December 2023 |
The Commission would like to remind the concerned persons that the closure of the Office of the Registrar would alter the computation of time by the Commission in accordance with Rule 3 (2) of the COMESA Competition Rules which read as follows:
“Where the time prescribed by or allowed under these Rules for doing an act or taking a proceeding expires on a Saturday or Sunday or on a day on which the office of the Registrar is closed, the act may be done or the proceeding may be taken on the first day following that is not a Saturday, Sunday or day on which that office is closed.”
The Registrar
COMESA Competition Commission
5th Floor, Kang’ombe House
P.O. Box 30742
Lilongwe 3, Malawi
Office Phone: +265 (0) 1 772466
Email: mdisasa@comesa.int or compcom@comesa.int