Consultation on markets regime guidance

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The Competition and Markets Authority's (CMA) purpose is to help people, businesses and the UK economy by protecting competition and tackling unfair behaviour.

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About this consultation

The CMA issued a consultation relating to the markets regime guidance documents in 2024, proposing updates to reflect changes resulting from the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (DMCCA) and changes in other legislation since the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013, to reflect developments in CMA practice over time, and to simplify the suite of markets regime guidance documents.

The CMA is now proposing further amendments to the markets regime guidance. The proposed amendments build on and incorporate feedback received in our 2024 consultation and also apply the ‘4Ps’ framework to the markets regime, as outlined in the CMA’s markets approach document published on 24 July 2025. The ‘markets regime guidance’ encompasses into a single document the previous guidance documents consulted on in the 2024 Consultation.

We want to hear from you

We invite stakeholders' views on our draft guidance and welcome responses to these questions:

  • overall, are the changes proposed in the draft markets regime guidance sufficiently clear and useful?
  • what, if any, aspects of the draft markets regime guidance do you consider need further clarification or explanation, and why? In responding, please specify which chapter and section (and, where appropriate, the issue) each of your comments relate to
  • do you agree with the proposal to update and consolidate the relevant guidance?

When answering these questions, give your reasons and any relevant supporting information or evidence.

Responding to our consultation

This consultation closes at 5pm on 1 October 2025. Please respond by email to markets.guidance2025@cma.gov.uk

If your response contains any information that you regard as sensitive and do not want to be published, please include a non-confidential version for publication on our website.

Your personal data

Your name and contact details are your personal data. In collecting, receiving, storing, accessing and using your personal data, the CMA, as controller, is processing your personal data. The CMA processes personal data in accordance with data protection law. The CMA is processing your personal data so that it can contact you again, should it need further help or information from you, in order to carry out its statutory duty under section 88(4) of the Fair Trading Act 1973 (as preserved in Schedule 24 Enterprise Act 2002) to keep under review undertakings and orders.

For more information about the CMA’s statutory functions, how the CMA processes personal data and your rights relating to that personal data (including your right to complain), please visit the CMA’s Personal Information Charter.

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

The CMA issued a consultation relating to the markets regime guidance documents in 2024, proposing updates to reflect changes resulting from the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (DMCCA) and changes in other legislation since the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013, to reflect developments in CMA practice over time, and to simplify the suite of markets regime guidance documents.

The CMA is now proposing further amendments to the markets regime guidance. The proposed amendments build on and incorporate feedback received in our 2024 consultation and also apply the ‘4Ps’ framework to the markets regime, as outlined in the CMA’s markets approach document published on 24 July 2025. The ‘markets regime guidance’ encompasses into a single document the previous guidance documents consulted on in the 2024 Consultation.

We want to hear from you

We invite stakeholders' views on our draft guidance and welcome responses to these questions:

  • overall, are the changes proposed in the draft markets regime guidance sufficiently clear and useful?
  • what, if any, aspects of the draft markets regime guidance do you consider need further clarification or explanation, and why? In responding, please specify which chapter and section (and, where appropriate, the issue) each of your comments relate to
  • do you agree with the proposal to update and consolidate the relevant guidance?

When answering these questions, give your reasons and any relevant supporting information or evidence.

Responding to our consultation

This consultation closes at 5pm on 1 October 2025. Please respond by email to markets.guidance2025@cma.gov.uk

If your response contains any information that you regard as sensitive and do not want to be published, please include a non-confidential version for publication on our website.

Your personal data

Your name and contact details are your personal data. In collecting, receiving, storing, accessing and using your personal data, the CMA, as controller, is processing your personal data. The CMA processes personal data in accordance with data protection law. The CMA is processing your personal data so that it can contact you again, should it need further help or information from you, in order to carry out its statutory duty under section 88(4) of the Fair Trading Act 1973 (as preserved in Schedule 24 Enterprise Act 2002) to keep under review undertakings and orders.

For more information about the CMA’s statutory functions, how the CMA processes personal data and your rights relating to that personal data (including your right to complain), please visit the CMA’s Personal Information Charter.

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