Competition law

The Call for Evidence sought views how UK payment regulation should evolve to meet the government's aims.

The CMA consulted on draft guidance (Draft Guidance) on the application of the Chapter I prohibition in the Competition Act 1998 to horizontal agreements. 

The Discussion Paper sought views on the challenges associated with the use and regulation of AI.

This sought views to inform the government's thinking on whether the scope of the listed events regime should contain digital rights.

The CMA is consulting on its proposed recommendation that the Secretary of State replaces the two retained HBERs when they expire on 31 December 2022 with two UK Horizontal Agreements Block Exemption Orders. The consultation ran from
midday on 8 April 2022 to 5pm on 6 May 2022

Following the end of the transition period on 31 December 2020, the UK has the freedom to design a new domestic subsidy control regime that reflects our strategic interests and particular national circumstances.

The proposals in this Green Paper are intended to shape the future of public procurement in this country for many years to come.

The government’s goal is to speed up and simplify our procurement processes, place value for money at their heart, and unleash opportunities for small businesses, charities and social enterprises to innovate in public service delivery.

The UK Government has issued a consultation on Updates to the CMA’s mergers procedural guidelines (CMA2 and CMA56)

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has issued a consultation on its draft Guidance on the functions of the CMA after the end of the Transition Period

The Scottish Parliament's Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee has held an inquiry into construction and procurement of ferry vessels in Scotland.

The Competition and Markets Authority has issued a consultation on interim measures in merger investigations.

The Competition and Markets Authority has issued a consultation on draft procedural guidance on state aid notifications and reporting.

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has issued a consultation on its draft annual plan for 2019 to 2020.

The Digital Competition Expert Panel has issued a consultation on the state of competition in the digital economy, considering what the opportunities and challenges are for policy, both in the UK and internationally.

The Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications has issued a consultation with the aim of getting insights from all types of actors (consumers, companies in the telecommunications sector, digital companies, other companies, institutions) on issues to be taken into account by NRAs in the context of the data economy.

The UK Government has issued a consultation on proposed reforms to government's powers for scrutinising investment for the purposes of protecting national security.

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has issued a consultation on revised guidance on competition disqualification orders.

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has issued a consultation on proposed revisions to its published guidance on procedures for running Competition Act 1998 (CA98) cases.

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has issued a consultation on new draft guidance on the exceptions to the duty to refer mergers for in-depth Phase 2 investigations.

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has issued a consultation on new draft guidance on interim measures in merger investigations.

The Competition and Markets Authority has issued a consultation on draft guidance on requests for internal documents.

The Competition and Markets Authority has issued a consultation on draft guidance on the CMA’s approach to changes to the jurisdictional thresholds for UK merger control.

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has issued a consultation on its draft annual plan for 2018 to 19.

The second part of the consultation seeks views about potential long-term reforms that government should take to its approach to ensuring that investments and takeovers cannot raise national security concerns.

The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy is seeking views on how government can best ensure that investments and takeovers do not raise national security concerns.

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is consulting on proposed revisions to its published guidance on penalty setting in Competition Act 1998 (CA98) cases.

The House of Lords EU Committee and its six Sub-Committees are conducting a coordinated series of short inquiries looking at the key issues that will arise in the negotiations on Brexit.

Neil Bibby MSP has issued a consultation on the Proposed Tied Pubs (Code and Adjudicator) (Scotland) Bill to govern the relationship between tenants of tied pubs and their owners, and an Adjudicator to enforce the Code.

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