Final Act and CMA guidance
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Key links for CMA guidance
Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024
Updated guidance on Investigation procedures in Competition Act 1998 cases (CMA8)
- Consultation outcome (closed 13 September 2024)
- Investigation procedures in Competition Act 1998 cases (CMA8) - Updated guidance
Updated mergers guidance documents
- Consultation outcome (closed 12 September 2024)
- Mergers: Guidance on the CMA’s jurisdiction and procedure (CMA2) – Updated guidance
- Quick guide to UK merger assessment (CMA18) - Updated guidance
- Mergers expectations to the duty to refer and undertakings in lieu (CMA64) - Updated guidance
- Interim measures in merger investigations (CMA108) – Updated guidance
- Rules of procedure for merger, market and special reference groups (CMA17) - Updated guidance
- Energy network mergers guidance (CMA 190) - Updated guidance
New turnover and control regulations
- Consultation outcome (closed 10 September 2024)
- Statutory Instrument: The Competition Act 1998 (Determination of Turnover for Penalties) Regulations 2024 – Final regulations
- Statutory Instrument: The Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers and Market Investigations) (Determination of Control and Turnover for Penalties) Regulations 2024 – Final regulations
- Statutory Instrument: The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 and Consumer Rights Act 2015 (Turnover and Control) Regulations 2024 – Final regulations
Administrative penalties: statement of policy
- Consultation outcome (closed 23 August 2024)
- Administrative Penalties: Statement of Policy on the CMA's Approach – Final guidance
Digital markets competition guidance
- Consultation outcome (closed 12 July 2024)
- Digital markets competition regime guidance – Final guidance
- Summary of Digital Markets Competition Regime Guidance
- Guidance on the merger reporting requirements for SMS firms – Final guidance
- SMS merger reporting notice – Final notice
Transparency and disclosure - statement of CMA’s policy and approach: CMA6
- Consultation outcome (closed 24 June 2024)
- Transparency and disclosure the CMA’s policy and approach - Updated guidance
Consultation on draft new guidance for the markets regime in the Enterprise Act 2002 (Closed 3 December 2024)
- Draft consultation document
- Draft markets procedural guidance
- Draft markets substantive assessment guidance
- Draft markets remedies guidance
- Draft remedies review guidance
- Freshfields Consultation Response
Consultation on direct consumer enforcement guidance and rules (Closed 11 September 2024)
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