Consultation on digital markets competition regime guidance
- From:
- Competition and Markets Authority
- Published
- 24 May 2024
- Last updated
- 19 December 2024 — See all updates
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Summary of responses to the digital markets competition regime guidance
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Summary of Responses to the Mergers Reporting SMS Guidance
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Detail of outcome
The CMA has now published its response to the consultation and its guidance for businesses, their advisors and other stakeholders on the CMA’s substantive and procedural approach to assessing competition in digital markets under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers (DMCC) Act 2024. The CMA has also published relevant guidance for the reporting of a merger by firms designated by the CMA as having Strategic Market Status (SMS), under the DMCC Act 2024. The guidance received approval from the Secretary of State for Business and Trade on 17 December 2024.
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Original consultation
Summary
The CMA consulted on the CMA’s substantive and procedural approach to assessing competition in digital markets under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers (DMCC) Act 2024.
This consultation was held on another website.
This consultation ran from
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Consultation description
Under the DMCC Act the CMA must obtain the approval of the SoS before publishing the guidance. The SoS must approve the guidance or give reasons to the CMA for not approving it before the end of the 30th working day after the day on which the CMA seeks the SoS’s approval. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has asked the Secretary of State to approve the digital markets competition regime guidance. The guidance will be published following approval.
Documents
Consultation document
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Draft digital markets competition regime guidance
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Draft guidance on the mergers reporting requirements for SMS firms
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SMS merger reporting notice
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Summary of draft digital markets competition regime guidance
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Updates to this page
Published 24 May 2024Last updated 19 December 2024 + show all updates
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Final guidance and public responses published.
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Guidance shared with Secretary of State for approval.
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First published.