Competition and Markets Authority cases and projects

From:: Competition and Markets Authority

This case finder includes cases and projects from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), Office for the Internal Market (OIM) and Subsidy Advice Unit (SAU).

Suspected anti-competitive behaviour relating to freelance and employed labour in the production, creation and/or broadcasting of television content, excluding sport
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Communications
- Opened: 11 October 2023
- Closed: 21 March 2025
Suspected anti-competitive behaviour relating to freelance labour in the production and broadcasting of sports content
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Open
- Market sector: Communications
- Opened: 12 July 2022
Proposed Recommendation that the Secretary of State replace the Assimilated Technology Transfer Block Exemption
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Open
- Market sector: Not applicable
- Opened: 26 July 2024
UK government bonds: suspected anti-competitive arrangements
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Open
- Market sector: Financial services
- Outcome type: CA98 - infringement Chapter I
- Opened: 13 November 2018
Investigation into Google’s ‘Privacy Sandbox’ browser changes
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Open
- Market sector: Communications
- Opened: 7 January 2021
Investigation of the Atlantic Joint Business Agreement
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Open
- Market sector: Transport
Suspected anti-competitive conduct in relation to the supply of chemicals for use in the construction industry
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Building and construction
- Opened: 17 October 2023
- Closed: 23 January 2025
Public Transport Ticketing Schemes Block Exemption
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Open
- Market sector: Transport
- Opened: 22 February 2024
Investigation into suspected anti-competitive conduct by housebuilders
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Open
- Market sector: Building and construction
- Opened: 26 February 2024
Supply of construction services
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Open
- Market sector: Building and construction
- Opened: 19 March 2019
Suspected anti-competitive conduct in relation to the supply of roofing and other construction services
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Open
- Market sector: Building and construction
- Opened: 11 December 2024
Rail, Road and Inland Waterway Transport Block Exemption Regulation
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Open
- Market sector: Transport
- Opened: 11 March 2024
Investigation into suspected anti-competitive conduct by Vifor Pharma in relation to intravenous iron treatments
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Open
- Market sector: Pharmaceuticals
- Opened: 31 January 2024
Suspected anti-competitive conduct in relation to fragrances and fragrance ingredients (51257)
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Open
- Market sector: Retail and wholesale
- Opened: 7 March 2023
Phenytoin sodium capsules: suspected unfair pricing
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Open
- Market sector: Pharmaceuticals
- Outcome type: CA98 - infringement Chapter II
- Opened: 1 May 2013
Suspected anti-competitive conduct in relation to the recycling of end-of-life vehicles
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Open
- Market sector: Motor industry
- Opened: 15 March 2022
Pharmaceuticals: anti-competitive agreements
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Pharmaceuticals
- Opened: 10 October 2017
Hydrocortisone tablets: alleged excessive and unfair pricing, anti-competitive agreements and abusive conduct (50277)
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Open
- Market sector: Pharmaceuticals
Investigation into suspected anti-competitive conduct by Google in ad tech
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Open
- Market sector: Communications
- Opened: 25 May 2022
Investigation into conduct of Education Software Solutions Limited (51427)
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Communications
- Outcome type: CA98 - administrative priorities
- Opened: 14 May 2024
Investigation into Apple AppStore
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Communications
- Opened: 4 March 2021
- Closed: 21 August 2024
Investigation into suspected anti-competitive conduct by Google
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Communications
- Opened: 10 June 2022
- Closed: 21 August 2024
Investigation into Meta's (formerly Facebook) use of data
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Communications
- Outcome type: CA98 - commitments
- Opened: 3 June 2021
- Closed: 3 November 2023
Investigation into Amazon’s Marketplace
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Retail and wholesale
- Opened: 5 July 2022
- Closed: 3 November 2023
Liner Shipping Consortia Block Exemption Regulation
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Distribution and service industries
- Opened: 24 August 2022
Anti-competitive behaviour in relation to the sale of Leicester City FC-branded products and merchandise
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Retail and wholesale
- Opened: 23 September 2021
Liothyronine tablets: suspected excessive and unfair pricing
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Open
- Market sector: Pharmaceuticals
- Opened: 25 October 2016
Motor Vehicle Block Exemption Regulation
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Motor industry
- Opened: 16 March 2022
- Closed: 1 June 2023
Investigation into suspected anti-competitive agreement between Google and Meta and behaviour by Google in relation to header bidding
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Communications
- Opened: 10 March 2022
- Closed: 10 March 2023
Suspected anticompetitive conduct in connection with the procurements for contracts to supply services at Heathrow and Derwentside Immigration Removal Centres
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Distribution and service industries
- Outcome type: CA98 - no grounds for action
- Opened: 1 March 2022
- Closed: 14 February 2023
Investigation into conduct of Education Software Solutions Limited
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Communications
- Outcome type: CA98 - commitments
- Opened: 26 April 2022
- Closed: 10 January 2023
Anti-competitive behaviour in relation to the pricing of Rangers FC-branded replica football kit
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Clothing, footwear and fashion and 1 others
- Outcome type: CA98 - infringement Chapter I
- Opened: 16 December 2020
- Closed: 25 November 2022
Price comparison website: use of most favoured nation clauses
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Financial services
- Outcome type: CA98 - infringement Chapter I
- Opened: 26 September 2017
- Closed: 19 November 2020
Investigation into a capacity sharing agreement between P&O Ferries and DFDS
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Transport
- Outcome type: CA98 - commitments
- Opened: 11 November 2021
Domestic Lighting: anti-competitive practices concerning resale price maintenance
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Retail and wholesale
- Outcome type: CA98 - infringement Chapter I
- Opened: 25 November 2020
- Closed: 23 March 2022
Investigation into the supply of electric vehicle chargepoints on or near motorways
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Energy
- Outcome type: CA98 - commitments
- Opened: 22 July 2021
Pharmaceutical drugs: suspected anti-competitive agreements
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Pharmaceuticals
- Opened: 10 October 2017
Paroxetine investigation: anti-competitive agreements and conduct
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Pharmaceuticals
- Outcome type: CA98 - infringement Chapter II
- Opened: 11 August 2011
- Closed: 12 February 2016
Electronic drum sector: anti-competitive practices 50565-5
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Recreation and leisure
- Outcome type: CA98 - infringement Chapter I
- Opened: 17 April 2018
- Closed: 20 June 2020
Supply of precast concrete drainage products: civil investigation
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Building and construction
- Outcome type: CA98 - infringement Chapter I
- Opened: 15 April 2016
- Closed: 23 October 2019
Roofing materials
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Building and construction
- Outcome type: CA98 - infringement Chapter I
- Opened: 11 July 2017
- Closed: 10 March 2021
Supply of groundworks products to the construction industry
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Building and construction
- Outcome type: CA98 - infringement Chapter I
- Opened: 28 February 2017
- Closed: 9 March 2021
Nortriptyline investigation: anti-competitive agreement and conduct
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Pharmaceuticals
- Outcome type: CA98 - infringement Chapter I
- Opened: 10 October 2017
Investigation into supply of lithium-based medication for the treatment of bipolar disease
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Pharmaceuticals
- Outcome type: CA98 - commitments
- Opened: 5 October 2020
- Closed: 18 December 2020
Digital pianos, digital keyboards and guitars: anti-competitive practices 50565-6
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Recreation and leisure
- Outcome type: CA98 - infringement Chapter I
- Opened: 17 April 2018
- Closed: 17 July 2020
Hand sanitiser products: suspected excessive and unfair pricing
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Retail and wholesale
- Opened: 18 June 2020
- Closed: 3 September 2020
Entertainment and recreation services sector: suspected anti-competitive agreements and conduct
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Recreation and leisure
- Outcome type: CA98 - administrative priorities
- Opened: 1 August 2019
- Closed: 21 August 2020
Hotel online booking: monitoring of pricing practices of online travel agents
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Recreation and leisure
- Opened: 16 September 2015
- Closed: 6 April 2017
Privately funded ophthalmology services
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Healthcare and medical equipment
- Outcome type: CA98 - infringement Chapter I
- Closed: 1 July 2020
Synthesizers and hi-tech equipment: anti-competitive practices 50565-4
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Recreation and leisure
- Outcome type: CA98 - infringement Chapter I
- Opened: 17 April 2018
- Closed: 26 August 2020

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