Open consultation

Transparency and disclosure: updating our general guidance

• From: Competition and Markets Authority
• Published: 24 April 2026

Summary

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is consulting on updates to its general guidance on transparency and disclosure.

This consultation is being held on another website.

This consultation closes at
11:59pm on 22 May 2026

Consultation description

The CMA is proposing to update its general guidance on transparency and disclosure by both:

• withdrawing its guidance on disclosure of information in CMA work (CC7)
• updating Transparency and disclosure: statement of the CMA’s policy and approach (CMA6)

The updates to CMA6 are intended to both:

• consolidate and streamline the CMA’s general guidance on transparency and disclosure in a single document, following the withdrawal of CC7
• ensure accuracy, improve readability and reflect current CMA practice, including our 4Ps approach (pace, predictability, proportionality and process)

We are seeking views of interested parties on the proposal to withdraw CC7 and our updates to CMA6.

You can find more information about the specific updates we are proposing in the consultation document.

Documents

Consultation document

PDF, 267 KB, 12 pages

Draft updated CMA6 guidance (clean version)

PDF, 548 KB, 58 pages

Draft updated CMA6 guidance (tracked changes)

PDF, 749 KB, 54 pages

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Published 24 April 2026