Competition
Services
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Merger notice forms
Forms for businesses to use to notify the CMA of an anticipated or completed merger.
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Undertakings in lieu of reference form
Remedies form to be completed by merger parties for the offering of undertakings in lieu of reference.
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Arbitration request form
Form for use by suppliers requesting that the Groceries Code Adjudicator arbitrate in a dispute with a retailer.
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PPI compliance reporting template
Template for use by PPI providers to submit annual Payment Protection Insurance Order 2011 compliance reports to the CMA.
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Groceries – Controlled Land: notification form
This form can be used by large grocery retailers to notify the Competition and Markets Authority about store acquisitions.
Guidance and regulation
- Report a competition or market problem
- Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations - traders: OFT1008
- Mergers - the CMA’s jurisdiction and procedure: CMA2
- Groceries Supply Code of Practice
- The CMA investigation into the Microsoft and Activision Blizzard merger
News and communications
- NEC Software Solutions UK / Capita Secure Solutions and Services merger inquiry
- Cochlear / Oticon merger inquiry
- Sale of emergency service software businesses required to protect UK taxpayers
- Independent Vetcare Limited (IVC) / multiple independent veterinary businesses merger inquiries
- Facebook, Inc (now Meta Platforms, Inc) / Giphy, Inc merger inquiry
Research and statistics
- Music and streaming market study: final report
- 2022 Compendium of approaches to improving competition in digital markets
- Mobile ecosystems market study final report
- CMA consumer research into purchasing behaviour in the UK smartphone market
- Music and streaming market study: update paper
Policy papers and consultations
- Mobile browsers and cloud gaming: Proposal to make a market reference
- Consultation on changes proposed by ITV to the sale of its advertising time
- Draft Specialisation and Research and Development Agreements Block Exemption Orders 2022
- Consultation on ITV’s proposal to change advertising airtime
- CMA Road fuel review: government response
Transparency and freedom of information releases
- Mergers orders and undertakings register
- Merger inquiry outcome statistics
- Breaches of the CMA’s markets and mergers remedies
- Competition Act 1998: public register of decisions
- Competition Act 1998 directions and commitments register