Draft new guidance for road fuel monitoring
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 is consulting on guidance relating to the exercise of our new information gathering powers under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 which are relevant to our road fuel monitoring function, including:
- who the CMA will request information from
- how information should be provided to the CMA
- how often this information will be requested
We want to hear from you
The CMA welcomes views from stakeholders, such as:
- retailers or trade associations
- motoring / consumer groups
On considerations relating to the information gathering approach for our road fuels monitoring function.
The information stakeholders provide in response to this consultation will help inform our guidance to road fuel retailers who will be subject to information requests.
Responding to our consultation
Send your responses, including any supporting evidence or examples where possible, by email to: roadfuel.remedies@cma.gov.uk
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.
What happens next
Following this consultation, we will publish clear guidance for retailers who are required to submit information to the CMA to facilitate our monitoring function. We will publish non-confidential versions of responses on our website and respondents will be notified when they are available.
We will analyse responses and the CMA will take these into account when developing our guidance.
Your personal data
Any personal data you provide to us through CMA Connect (such as your name and contact details) will be handled in accordance with our obligations under the UK General Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Act 2018.
Our personal information charter set out the standards you can expect from us when we collect, use or share personal data and provides details of your rights in relation to that personal data and how to contact us.
