Consultation outcome

Exceptions to the duty to refer

From:
Competition and Markets Authority
Published
12 June 2018
Last updated
13 December 2018 — See all updates
This consultation has concluded

Detail of outcome

The CMA has published its response to the consultation and issued a revised guidance of Mergers exception to the duty to refer in markets of insufficient importance.

Feedback received

Response to consultation

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Allen Overy

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Ashurst

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Baker McKenzie

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Clifford Chance

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Law Society Scotland

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Detail of feedback received

The responses can be found above.

Original consultation

Summary

The CMA is consulting on new draft guidance on the exceptions to the duty to refer mergers for in-depth Phase 2 investigations.

This consultation ran from
to

Consultation description

The CMA is seeking the views of interested parties, particularly merging parties and legal or other advisers who have been involved in merger notification processes.

Documents

Exceptions to the duty to refer consultation document

PDF, 501 KB, 7 pages

Draft guidance on exceptions to the duty to refer

PDF, 685 KB, 25 pages

Updates to this page

Published 12 June 2018
Last updated 13 December 2018 + show all updates

  1. Responses to the consultation published, final outcome published, and link to newly published guidance added.

  2. First published.

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