Competition and Markets Authority cases and projects

From:: Competition and Markets Authority

This case finder includes cases and projects from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), Office for the Internal Market (OIM) and Subsidy Advice Unit (SAU).

Suspected anticompetitive conduct in connection with the procurements for contracts to supply services at Heathrow and Derwentside Immigration Removal Centres
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Distribution and service industries
- Outcome type: CA98 - no grounds for action
- Opened: 1 March 2022
- Closed: 14 February 2023
Higher education: consumer protection review
- Case type: Consumer enforcement
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Public markets
- Outcome type: Consumer enforcement - undertakings
- Opened: 20 May 2014
- Closed: 8 February 2017
Children's social care study
- Case type: Markets
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Distribution and service industries
- Opened: 12 March 2021
- Closed: 10 March 2022
Fedrigoni S.p.A. / Arjowiggins Group Limited merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Paper printing and packaging
- Opened: 30 November 2022
- Closed: 30 November 2022
Cobham / Ultra Electronics merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Defence
- Opened: 19 August 2021
Investigation into conduct of Education Software Solutions Limited
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Communications
- Outcome type: CA98 - commitments
- Opened: 26 April 2022
- Closed: 10 January 2023
Macquarie and BCI / National Grid gas transmission and metering
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Energy
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 1 clearance
- Opened: 27 September 2022
Baker Hughes / Akastor merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Oil and gas refining and petrochemicals
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 1 found not to qualify
- Opened: 18 June 2021
- Closed: 6 August 2021
ALD / LeasePlan merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Financial services and 1 others
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 1 clearance
- Opened: 5 September 2022
- Closed: 8 November 2022
Mzuri Group Ltd / Shuttercraft Holdings Limited merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Household goods, furniture and furnishings
- Opened: 4 October 2022
- Closed: 29 November 2022
Music and streaming market study
- Case type: Markets
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Distribution and service industries
- Opened: 27 January 2022
- Closed: 29 November 2022
Anti-competitive behaviour in relation to the pricing of Rangers FC-branded replica football kit
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Clothing, footwear and fashion and 1 others
- Outcome type: CA98 - infringement Chapter I
- Opened: 16 December 2020
- Closed: 25 November 2022
Bouygues S.A. / Equans S.A.S. merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Distribution and service industries
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 1 clearance with undertakings in lieu
- Opened: 20 May 2022
- Closed: 15 November 2022
Booking Holdings Inc / eTraveli Group AB merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Distribution and service industries and 1 others
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 1 clearance
- Opened: 4 July 2022
- Closed: 4 November 2022
Saint-Gobain / GCP Applied Technologies merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Building and construction
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 1 clearance
- Opened: 26 May 2022
- Closed: 3 November 2022
Culligan / Waterlogic merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Retail and wholesale
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 1 clearance with undertakings in lieu
- Opened: 23 June 2022
- Closed: 9 December 2022
London Stock Exchange Group PLC / Quantile Group Limited merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Financial services
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 2 clearance
- Opened: 3 March 2022
- Closed: 26 October 2022
GXO Logistics / Clipper Logistics merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Transport
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 1 clearance
- Opened: 18 May 2022
- Closed: 19 October 2022
Noble Corporation / Maersk Drilling merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Oil and gas refining and petrochemicals
- Opened: 24 February 2022
- Closed: 5 October 2022
VetPartners Limited / Goddard Holdco Limited merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Distribution and service industries
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 1 clearance with undertakings in lieu
- Opened: 16 November 2021
- Closed: 2 September 2022
Investment consultants market investigation
- Case type: Markets
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Financial services
- Outcome type: Markets - phase 2 adverse effect on competition leading to remedies
- Opened: 14 September 2017
- Closed: 10 June 2019
Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. / BT Group plc
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Telecommunications
- Opened: 1 June 2022
NortonLifeLock Inc. / Avast plc merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Electronics
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 2 clearance
- Opened: 18 January 2022
- Closed: 2 September 2022
Cheetah Holdco (trading as The Office Group) / Fora Holdings merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Distribution and service industries
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 1 clearance
- Opened: 13 June 2022
Ritchie Bros Auctioneers Incorporated / Euro Auctions Group merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Retail and wholesale
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 2 cancellation
- Opened: 13 December 2021
- Closed: 3 May 2022
JD Sports Fashion plc / Footasylum plc merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Clothing, footwear and fashion
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 2 prohibition
- Opened: 17 May 2019
- Closed: 8 August 2022
Investigation into a capacity sharing agreement between P&O Ferries and DFDS
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Transport
- Outcome type: CA98 - commitments
- Opened: 11 November 2021
Parker-Hannifin Corporation / Meggitt plc merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Aerospace and 2 others
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 1 public interest intervention
- Opened: 19 October 2021
Ali Holding S.r.l. / Welbilt, Inc merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Food manufacturing
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 1 clearance with undertakings in lieu
- Opened: 10 March 2022
PCR Travel Tests
- Case type: Consumer enforcement
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Recreation and leisure
- Opened: 3 September 2021
UK fuel retail market review
- Case type: Information and advice to government
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Oil and gas refining and petrochemicals and 2 others
- Opened: 13 June 2022
CVS / Quality Pet Care merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Distribution and service industries
- Outcome type: Markets - phase 1 undertakings in lieu of reference
- Opened: 23 September 2021
- Closed: 1 July 2022
RoyaleLife / Stately-Albion Limited and/or Pathfinder Park Homes Holding Limited merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Building and construction
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 1 found not to qualify
- Opened: 24 March 2022
- Closed: 30 June 2022
S&P Global Inc. / IHS Markit Ltd merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Financial services
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 1 clearance with undertakings in lieu
- Opened: 24 June 2021
- Closed: 1 June 2022
Admiral Taverns / Hampden Pub Estate merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Recreation and leisure
- Opened: 28 September 2021
- Closed: 20 June 2022
Nijjar Group Holdings (Acton) Limited / Medina Holdings Limited merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Food manufacturing
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 1 clearance
- Opened: 8 September 2021
- Closed: 27 May 2022
Shanghai Kington Technology Limited and others / Perpetuus merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Engineering
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 2 cancellation
- Opened: 6 September 2021
National Express Group plc / Stagecoach Group plc merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Transport
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 1 found not to qualify
- Opened: 26 January 2022
- Closed: 24 May 2022
Cellnex / CK Hutchison UK towers merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Telecommunications
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 2 clearance with remedies
- Opened: 21 April 2021
- Closed: 24 November 2022
ASSA ABLOY Limited / Arran Isle Limited merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Household goods, furniture and furnishings
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 1 clearance
- Opened: 14 February 2022
- Closed: 11 April 2022
IAA, Inc. / SYNETIQ Holdings Limited merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Motor industry
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 1 clearance
- Opened: 8 November 2021
- Closed: 5 May 2022
Boparan Private Office / Banham Poultry merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Food manufacturing
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 1 clearance
- Opened: 8 November 2021
- Closed: 27 April 2022
Energystore Limited / Warmfill Ltd, Warmwall Limited, and related assets
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Building and construction
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 1 clearance
- Opened: 16 December 2021
- Closed: 22 April 2022
Online console video gaming
- Case type: Consumer enforcement
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Electronics and 1 others
- Outcome type: Consumer enforcement - undertakings
- Opened: 5 April 2019
- Closed: 13 April 2022
Deutsche Post DHL Group / J.F. Hillebrand Group AG merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Distribution and service industries
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 1 clearance
- Opened: 25 January 2022
- Closed: 13 April 2022
Brookfield Asset Management Inc. / Scotia Gas Networks Limited merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Utilities
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 1 clearance
- Opened: 10 January 2022
- Closed: 11 April 2022
Huws Gray Ltd / Grafton Plc
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Building and construction
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 1 clearance with undertakings in lieu
- Opened: 8 October 2021
- Closed: 31 March 2022
Cargotec Corporation / Konecranes Plc Merger Inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Building and construction
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 2 prohibition
- Opened: 28 May 2021
- Closed: 1 April 2022
Microsoft Corporation / Nuance Communications, Inc. merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Electronics
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 1 clearance
- Opened: 13 December 2021
- Closed: 2 March 2022
Tobii Dynavox AB / Acapela Group Babel Technologies SA merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Electronics
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 1 found not to qualify
- Opened: 4 February 2022
- Closed: 9 March 2022

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