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).

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc / Xilinx, Inc merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Electronics
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 1 clearance
- Opened: 10 May 2021
- Closed: 29 June 2021
TVS Europe Distribution Limited / 3G Truck & Trailer Parts merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Motor industry
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 2 prohibition
- Opened: 12 February 2020
- Closed: 12 July 2021
Adevinta / eBay merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Retail and wholesale
- Outcome type: Markets - phase 1 undertakings in lieu of reference
- Opened: 2 December 2020
- Closed: 3 December 2021
Hoyer Petrolog / DHL Supply Chain merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Transport
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 1 clearance
- Opened: 26 March 2021
- Closed: 18 June 2021
Penguin Random House / Simon & Schuster merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Paper printing and packaging
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 1 clearance
- Opened: 22 March 2021
- Closed: 4 June 2021
Imprivata, Inc. / Isosec Limited merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Electronics
- Opened: 2 March 2021
- Closed: 2 June 2021
Digital Markets Taskforce
- Case type: Markets
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Communications and 1 others
- Opened: 3 April 2020
- Closed: 8 December 2020
Sabre / Farelogix merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Distribution and service industries
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 2 prohibition
- Opened: 11 June 2019
- Closed: 21 March 2021
Liberty Global plc / Telefónica S.A. merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Telecommunications
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 2 clearance
- Opened: 8 October 2020
- Closed: 20 May 2021
Uber Technologies, Inc. / GPC Software Limited (Autocab) merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Transport
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 1 clearance
- Opened: 28 January 2021
- Closed: 29 March 2021
SDE Group / Innserve Limited merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Distribution and service industries
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 1 clearance
- Opened: 22 December 2020
- Closed: 3 March 2021
Crowdcube / Seedrs merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Financial services
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 2 cancellation
- Opened: 23 October 2020
- Closed: 25 March 2021
Diageo / Chase Distillery merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Food manufacturing
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 1 clearance
- Opened: 8 January 2021
- Closed: 11 February 2021
Supply of precast concrete drainage products: civil investigation
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Building and construction
- Outcome type: CA98 - infringement Chapter I
- Opened: 15 April 2016
- Closed: 23 October 2019
Roofing materials
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Building and construction
- Outcome type: CA98 - infringement Chapter I
- Opened: 11 July 2017
- Closed: 10 March 2021
Supply of groundworks products to the construction industry
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Building and construction
- Outcome type: CA98 - infringement Chapter I
- Opened: 28 February 2017
- Closed: 9 March 2021
Graco BV / Hi-Tech Spray Equipment merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Chemicals
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 1 clearance
- Closed: 18 February 2021
Tronox Holdings plc / TiZir Titanium and Iron merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Mineral extraction, mining and quarrying
- Opened: 2 November 2020
- Closed: 18 January 2021
Nortriptyline investigation: anti-competitive agreement and conduct
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Pharmaceuticals
- Outcome type: CA98 - infringement Chapter I
- Opened: 10 October 2017
Ardonagh Group / Bennetts Motorcycling Services merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Financial services
- Outcome type: Markets - phase 1 undertakings in lieu of reference
- Opened: 2 July 2020
- Closed: 20 November 2020
Sonoco Products Company / Can Packaging SAS merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Paper printing and packaging
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 1 clearance
- Opened: 14 September 2020
- Closed: 21 December 2020
TFL Ledertechnik / LANXESS Deutschland merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Chemicals
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 1 clearance
- Opened: 19 October 2020
- Closed: 24 December 2020
Investigation into supply of lithium-based medication for the treatment of bipolar disease
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Pharmaceuticals
- Outcome type: CA98 - commitments
- Opened: 5 October 2020
- Closed: 18 December 2020
Mitie / Interserve merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Distribution and service industries
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 1 clearance
- Opened: 15 September 2020
- Closed: 17 December 2020
Review of the legal services market study in England and Wales
- Case type: Markets
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Distribution and service industries
- Opened: 9 September 2020
Evolution / NetEnt merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Recreation and leisure
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 1 clearance
- Opened: 22 September 2020
- Closed: 8 December 2020
Breedon Group plc / Cemex Investments Limited merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Building and construction
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 1 clearance with undertakings in lieu
- Opened: 21 January 2020
- Closed: 1 December 2020
XPO Logistics / Kuehne + Nagel Drinkflow Logistics merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Distribution and service industries
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 1 clearance
- Opened: 17 September 2020
- Closed: 19 November 2020
‘Loyalty penalty’ super-complaint
- Case type: Markets
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Financial services and 1 others
- Opened: 28 September 2018
CSL Behring LLC / uniQure biopharma BV merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Pharmaceuticals
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 1 found not to qualify
- Opened: 6 November 2020
- Closed: 27 November 2020
Motor industry merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Motor industry
- Opened: 23 November 2020
- Closed: 23 November 2020
Elis UK Limited / Central Laundry Limited merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Distribution and service industries
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 1 clearance
- Opened: 11 June 2020
- Closed: 19 November 2020
Stryker / Wright Medical merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Healthcare and medical equipment
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 1 clearance with undertakings in lieu
- Opened: 21 April 2020
- Closed: 4 November 2020
Sinch Holding AB / SAP Digital Interconnect Unit from SAP SE merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Telecommunications
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 1 clearance
- Opened: 14 August 2020
- Closed: 11 November 2020
Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation / Findel Education merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Distribution and service industries and 1 others
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 2 cancellation
- Opened: 31 March 2020
- Closed: 2 November 2020
Carlsberg UK Holdings Limited / Marston's PLC merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Retail and wholesale
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 1 clearance
- Opened: 18 August 2020
- Closed: 2 November 2020
Tobii AB / Smartbox Assistive Technology Limited and Sensory Software International Ltd merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Electronics
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 2 prohibition
- Opened: 3 October 2018
- Closed: 14 October 2020
Bupa Insurance Limited / Civil Service Healthcare Society Limited
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Healthcare and medical equipment
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 1 clearance
- Opened: 5 August 2020
- Closed: 24 September 2020
Visa International Service Association / Plaid Inc. merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Financial services
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 1 clearance
- Opened: 16 June 2020
- Closed: 5 October 2020
Taboola / Outbrain merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Communications
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 2 cancellation
- Opened: 15 April 2020
- Closed: 23 September 2020
Gardner Aerospace Holdings Limited / Impcross Limited merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Aerospace
- Opened: 6 December 2019
- Closed: 9 September 2020
Amazon / Deliveroo merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Distribution and service industries
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 2 clearance
- Opened: 5 July 2019
- Closed: 7 September 2020
Hand sanitiser products: suspected excessive and unfair pricing
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Retail and wholesale
- Opened: 18 June 2020
- Closed: 3 September 2020
Entertainment and recreation services sector: suspected anti-competitive agreements and conduct
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Recreation and leisure
- Outcome type: CA98 - administrative priorities
- Opened: 1 August 2019
- Closed: 21 August 2020
Hotel online booking: monitoring of pricing practices of online travel agents
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Recreation and leisure
- Opened: 16 September 2015
- Closed: 6 April 2017
Aragorn (KKR & Co Inc)/OverDrive Holdings Inc merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Communications and 1 others
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 1 clearance
- Opened: 26 March 2020
- Closed: 28 July 2020
Dechra Pharmaceuticals PLC/Osurnia business of Elanco Animal Health Incorporated Merger Inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Pharmaceuticals
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 1 clearance
- Opened: 26 March 2020
- Closed: 15 July 2020
Pharm-a-Care/ Haliborange merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Retail and wholesale
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 1 clearance
- Opened: 5 May 2020
- Closed: 13 July 2020
Bauer Media Group merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Communications
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 2 clearance with remedies
- Opened: 5 August 2019
- Closed: 1 June 2020
Synthesizers and hi-tech equipment: anti-competitive practices 50565-4
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Recreation and leisure
- Outcome type: CA98 - infringement Chapter I
- Opened: 17 April 2018
- Closed: 26 August 2020

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