Consultation on updated CMA transparency and disclosure statement (CMA6), including new overseas investigative assistance guidance

We are consulting on an updated version of transparency and disclosure: statement of the CMA’s policy and approach (the draft CMA6). This includes the CMA’s new overseas investigative assistance guidance.

This consultation document sets out the CMA’s approach to transparency and information disclosure across its tools. It is an updated version of the existing CMA6 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 draft CMA6 also includes the CMA’s draft new investigative assistance guidance (IA Guidance) at paras. 7.29 – 7.57.

The DMCC Act 2024, among other things, gives the CMA new powers to conduct investigative steps on behalf of other international authorities (referred to as ‘investigative assistance’).

This investigative assistance power will apply across the CMA’s competition, consumer protection and digital markets functions. The CMA is required to produce guidance on the investigative assistance power, which must be approved the Secretary of State before it can be published.

Responding to our consultation

This consultation is now closed.

This page will be updated when the CMA has considered the responses we received.