Guidance and regulation

The order implements the reforms set out in the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) retail banking market investigation report.

• From: Competition and Markets Authority
• Updated: 15 May 2020

Explains the changes introduced by the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 to the conduct of market studies and market investigations by the CMA under the Enterprise Act 2002, as amended.

• From: Competition and Markets Authority
• Updated: 5 July 2017

Guidelines for market investigations: their role, procedures, assessment and remedies.

• From: Competition and Markets Authority
• Updated: 5 July 2017

These orders, and the tank transfer price calculator, are intended to make it easier for customers to switch LP gas suppliers.

• From: Competition and Markets Authority
• Updated: 13 April 2023

The orders provide measures on benefits, incentive schemes and better information for patients.

• From: Competition and Markets Authority
• Updated: 1 October 2014

This guidance concerns the CMA's activities in monitoring and enforcing compliance with final merger and market undertakings and orders.

• From: Competition and Markets Authority
• Updated: 11 May 2023

Provides information on the circumstances in which markets will be referred for a market investigation under the Enterprise Act 2002.

• From: Competition and Markets Authority
• Updated: 12 March 2014

Guidance on disclosure of information in merger inquiries, market investigations and reviews of undertakings and orders.

• From: Competition and Markets Authority
• Updated: 5 July 2017

Framework for analysing government’s interaction with markets, and to understand the different ways in which government can affect markets.

• From: Competition and Markets Authority
• Updated: 1 September 2009

Templates for confidentiality ring and disclosure room undertakings and disclosure room rules used in CMA investigations.

• From: Competition and Markets Authority
• Updated: 20 January 2017

Explains the CMA’s approach to the variation and termination of merger, monopoly and market final undertakings and orders.

• From: Competition and Markets Authority
• Updated: 12 August 2015

The undertakings commit Bacs to make changes to the CASS required by the CMA retail banking market investigation.

• From: Competition and Markets Authority
• Updated: 17 January 2017

This model illustrates how the level of the domestic prepayment energy price cap may be calculated and updated.

• From: Competition and Markets Authority
• Updated: 24 June 2016

Outlines guiding principles for parties to follow when submitting technical economic analysis to the CMA as part of an inquiry.

• From: Competition and Markets Authority
• Updated: 1 February 2009

Slides from a presentation given by CMA Chief Executive Alex Chisholm at the CRA Competition Conference in Brussels.

• From: Competition and Markets Authority
• Updated: 9 December 2015

Terms of reference for a unit tasked to prepare for the pro-competition regime of digital markets.

• From: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and 2 others
• Updated: 7 April 2021

Directions issued by the CMA to 7 hospitals, to ensure they comply with the requirement to publish information on quality of care provided.

• From: Competition and Markets Authority
• Updated: 31 August 2017

Directions issued to Nationwide about rules on providing alerts to customers on unarranged overdraft charges.

• From: Competition and Markets Authority
• Updated: 8 August 2019

Directions issued to Santander about rules on providing alerts to customers on unarranged overdraft charges.

• From: Competition and Markets Authority
• Updated: 29 November 2019

A summary of the CMA’s findings following its market study into how digital comparison tools are working for consumers, businesses and the economy.

• From: Competition and Markets Authority
• Updated: 26 September 2017