Unfair commercial practices guidance
- From:
- Competition and Markets Authority
- Published:
- 11 December 2024
- Last updated:
- 4 April 2025 — See all updates
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The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has now published its unfair commercial practices guidance.
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Aberdeenshire Trading Standards
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ABTA
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Advertising Standards Authority
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Anonymous 1
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Association of Scotland's Self-Caterers
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Awaze
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Better Business Cornwall Initiative
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British Retail Consortium
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BT Group
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Classic Cottages
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CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP
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Community Leisure UK
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Cornish Holiday Cottages
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Dorset Hideaways
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Durrants Holiday Cottages
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ESPC UK Ltd
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Euclid Law
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Federation of Small Businesses
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Forever Cornwall Limited
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Freshfields LLP
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Grove Cottages
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Herbert Smith Freehills
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Herdwick Cottages
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Hideaways Holidays Group Limited
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Higher Wiscombe
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Hostsmart
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Hyperoptic
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Internet Services Providers' Association
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Isle of Wight Hideaways
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John Lewis plc
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Kate & Tom's Limited 1
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Linklaters LLP
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Mobile UK
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Motion Picture Association
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Neilsons Solicitors and Estate Agents
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National Trading Standards Scams Team
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Online Travel Coalition UK
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Orion Holidays Ltd
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Pack Holidays
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Premier Cottages
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Professional Association of Self-Caterers UK
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Propertymark
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Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
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Rural Retreats
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Scilly Holiday Homes
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Scottish Tourism Alliance
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Short-Term Accommodation Association
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Sky
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Skyscanner
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SMMT
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Society of London Theatre and UK Theatre
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Society of Ticket Agents and Retailers
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South West Tourism Alliance
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The Property Lawyers Alliance
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The Society of Chief Officers of Trading Standards in Scotland (SCOTSS)
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Three UK
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Toad Hall Cottages
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Tourism Alliance
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Travel Chapter
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Tripadvisor
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Trustpilot
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UK Cinema Association
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UKHospitality
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Wellies & Windbreaks
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Which
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Detail of feedback received
We received 95 responses to consultation.
Original consultation
Summary
The CMA is consulting on draft guidance on the protection from unfair trading provisions in the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers (DMCC) Act 2024.
This consultation ran from
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Consultation description
The unfair commercial practices (UCP) provisions in Chapter 1 of Part 4 of the DMCC Act prohibit unfair commercial practices, replacing and updating the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008.
We have provided an update about this consultation and next steps in the CMA’s new consumer enforcement regime. We will run a further consultation on some aspects of the guidance on drip pricing in the summer.
The CMA has produced draft guidance on the UCP provisions which updates and, once finalised, will replace its current guidance.
The draft guidance illustrates how the UCP provisions may apply in practice and is intended to help traders to comply with them.
Documents
Consultation document
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Draft guidance
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