Guidance

Quick guide to UK merger assessment: CMA18

Quick guide, intended primarily for business, providing a simple overview of the UK merger regime and the CMA’s approach when reviewing mergers.

From:
Competition and Markets Authority
Published
12 March 2014
Last updated
18 March 2021 — See all updates

Documents

A Quick Guide to UK Merger Assessment

Ref: CMA18

PDF, 358 KB, 20 pages

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In addition to this quick guide, the CMA has also published Mergers: guidance on the CMA’s jurisdiction and procedure (CMA2) which provides fuller guidance on the jurisdictional approach and procedures that it will follow when exercising its merger control functions under the EA02, as amended.

The CMA has also published Merger Assessment Guidelines (CMA129) which provide a fuller explanation of the substantive approach of the CMA to its analysis when investigating mergers.

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Published 12 March 2014
Last updated 18 March 2021 + show all updates

  1. Latest version of CMA18 published.

  2. First published.

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