Consultation outcome

Retained Vertical Agreements Block Exemption Regulation consultation

This consultation has concluded

Detail of outcome

3 November 2021: The CMA has published its recommendation to the Secretary of State and the responses to the consultation.


Original consultation

Summary

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is consulting on its proposed recommendation that the Secretary of State replaces the retained Vertical Agreements Block Exemption Regulation (retained VABER) when it expires on 31 May 2022 with a UK Vertical Agreements Block Exemption Order, tailored to the needs of businesses operating in the UK and UK consumers, and updating the arrangements to take account of market developments.

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Consultation description

The CMA is launching its consultation on the proposed recommendation to the Secretary of State at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy regarding the retained VABER. The CMA is seeking responses by 22 July 2021.

These responses will inform the CMA’s final recommendation to the Secretary of State on whether to replace the retained VABER when it expires on 31 May 2022.

In accordance with our policy of openness and transparency, we will publish non-confidential versions of responses on our webpages. If your response contains any information that you regard as sensitive and that you would not wish to be published, please provide at the same time a non-confidential version for publication on our webpages which omits that material and which explains why you regard it as sensitive.

The responses to the present consultation will be shared with BEIS in order to facilitate consideration of the CMA’s final recommendation.

When handling personal data (like your contact details), we comply with data protection law, as set out in the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018 and other law designed to protect sensitive information.

For more information about the CMA’s statutory functions, how the CMA processes personal data and your rights relating to that personal data (including your right to complain), please see the CMA’s Personal Information Charter.

Documents

Published 17 June 2021