The Competition and Markets Authority's (CMA) purpose is to help people, businesses and the UK economy by protecting competition and tackling unfair behaviour.
About this consultation
We are consulting on an updated version of administrative penalties: statement of policy on the CMA’s approach (the draft CMA4).
The consultation document sets out the CMA's powers to impose penalties for breaches of requirements imposed in investigations under various CMA functions as well as for breaches of remedies imposed in respect of the CMA’s competition, markets and mergers cases. It is an updated version of the existing CMA4 that reflects developments in CMAContinue reading
The Competition and Markets Authority's (CMA) purpose is to help people, businesses and the UK economy by protecting competition and tackling unfair behaviour.
About this consultation
We are consulting on an updated version of administrative penalties: statement of policy on the CMA’s approach (the draft CMA4).
The consultation document sets out the CMA's powers to impose penalties for breaches of requirements imposed in investigations under various CMA functions as well as for breaches of remedies imposed in respect of the CMA’s competition, markets and mergers cases. It is an updated version of the existing CMA4 that reflects developments in CMA practice, as well as legislative developments since 2014, in particular the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers (DMCC) Act 2024.
The CMA4 draft also addresses some of the penalties that can be imposed in respect of breaches of certain investigative and remedy requirements under the new digital markets competition regime. The CMA’s statement of policy for the purposes of penalties under the digital markets competition regime that are not covered by the Draft CMA4 is contained within Guidance on the Digital Markets Competition Regime, which is also subject to consultation.
The CMA is required to produce a statement of policy in relation to such powers, which must be approved by the Secretary of State before it can be published.
Responding to our consultation
It's important we hear feedback from businesses, expert groups and key stakeholders on this proposed approach.
You can submit your response using the form below.
You can:
- upload a document (for example a PDF)
- fill out an online form
- send your feedback by email
If your response contains any information that you regard as sensitive and that you would not wish to be published, please provide a non-confidential version for publication on our website which omits that material and which explains why you regard it as sensitive at the same time.
If you need support with the form, or would like to send your response by email, contact CMA4draft@cma.gov.uk. Please note, you do not need to submit a response via email and the response form below.
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