Consultation on draft updated mergers guidance documents

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 a package of 6 draft updated mergers guidance documents.

The 6 draft guidance documents have been updated to reflect current practice, and the jurisdictional and procedural changes introduced by the Digital Markets Competition and Consumer Act on the mergers regime. A summary of the relevant changes is included in the consultation document.

We want to hear from you

The CMA welcomes views from stakeholders on the changes implemented in the 6 revised mergers guidance documents to reflect current practice, and the jurisdictional and procedural changes introduced by the Digital Markets Competition and Consumer Act.

Responding to our consultation

Responses can be submitted via the response form below or by sending an email to mergersguidance@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.

In pursuance of our policy of openness and transparency we will publish a non-confidential version of responses on our webpages. 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 webpages which omits that material and which explains why you regard it as sensitive at the same time. Confidential and non-confidential responses can be submitted via the response form below, or emailed to mergersguidance@cma.gov.uk.

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 merger work under Part 3 of the Enterprise Act 2002.

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