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Guidance on how the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) operates the mergers control regime under the Enterprise Act 2002.
How designated retailers are expected to fairly manage their relationships with suppliers.
1. Interpretation (1) In this Code: Buying Team means those employees of a…
Guidance for businesses on the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) approach to assessing mergers.
Introduction This publication explains the substantive approach of the…
Guidance on the principles and process of applying for leniency and no-action in cartel cases.
How to report a potential breach of competition or consumer law to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), and what to expect from us.
A guide to staying on the right side of competition law when recruiting workers, and setting pay and other working conditions.
Guidance on merger remedies in Phase 1 and Phase 2 investigations.
The orders provide measures on benefits, incentive schemes and better information for patients.
The Competition and Markets Authority’s policy and approach to transparency and information disclosure.
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.
Outlines the CMA’s approach to imposing administrative penalties for failure to comply with requirements imposed under its investigatory and remedies powers.
Guidelines for market investigations: their role, procedures, assessment and remedies.
A 60-second summary on how to spot pyramid selling, avoid the risks of participating in it and report it.
Provides a conceptual framework within which evidence on market definition can be organised, and discusses practical issues that may arise.
Sets out some of the circumstances in which the CMA considers that agreements will or may be regarded as anti-competitive.
Explains how the CMA will assess whether undertakings possess market power when investigating cases.
How the CMA will operate its powers under the Competition Act and Modernisation Regulation in assessing conduct of dominant undertakings.
Information that trade associations need to know about competition law.
This interpretive guidance primarily addresses questions about De-listing practice by retailers regulated by the Groceries Supply Code of Practice (the Code).
Sets out the basis on which the CMA calculates financial penalties for CA98 infringements.
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