UK Competition and Markets Authority

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competition authority government agency non-ministerial government department

The UK Competition and Markets Authority is the United Kingdom’s primary competition regulator, responsible for investigating mergers, markets, and anticompetitive practices to protect consumers and ensure fair competition.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Competition and Markets Authority 5
Office of Fair Trading 3
UK Competition and Markets Authority canonical 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf competition authority ⓘ
government agency ⓘ
non-ministerial government department ⓘ
aim ensure fair markets ⓘ
promote competition ⓘ
protect consumers ⓘ
cooperatesWith Directorate-General for Competition ⓘ
surface form: European Commission Directorate-General for Competition

United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division ⓘ
surface form: US Department of Justice Antitrust Division

Federal Trade Commission ⓘ
surface form: US Federal Trade Commission
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dateFormed 2014-04-01 ⓘ
enforces Competition Act 1998 ⓘ
Consumer Rights Act 2015 ⓘ
Enterprise Act 2002 ⓘ
formedByMergerOf Competition Commission ⓘ
UK Competition and Markets Authority self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Office of Fair Trading
fullName UK Competition and Markets Authority self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Competition and Markets Authority
headquartersCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
headquartersLocation London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
jurisdiction United Kingdom ⓘ
legalBasis Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 ⓘ
memberOf International Competition Network ⓘ
OECD Global Forum on Competition ⓘ
surface form: OECD Competition Committee
oversees UK competition regime ⓘ
parentOrganization UK government ⓘ
surface form: UK Government
power accept binding commitments ⓘ
block mergers ⓘ
conduct dawn raids ⓘ
impose fines for competition law breaches ⓘ
impose remedies on mergers ⓘ
investigate mergers ⓘ
issue directions to firms ⓘ
predecessor Competition Commission ⓘ
UK Competition and Markets Authority self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Office of Fair Trading
responsibility abuse of dominance investigations ⓘ
cartel enforcement ⓘ
competition advocacy ⓘ
competition enforcement ⓘ
consumer protection enforcement ⓘ
market investigations ⓘ
market studies ⓘ
merger control ⓘ
sectorCoverage digital markets ⓘ
energy ⓘ
financial services ⓘ
pharmaceuticals ⓘ
retail ⓘ
shortName CMA ⓘ
sponsoredBy Department for Business and Trade ⓘ
website https://www.gov.uk/cma ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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Arm Ltd. (acquisition attempt – terminated) → regulatorsInvolved → UK Competition and Markets Authority ⓘ
Department of Trade and Industry → oversaw → UK Competition and Markets Authority ⓘ
this entity surface form: Office of Fair Trading
UK Competition and Markets Authority → fullName → UK Competition and Markets Authority self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Competition and Markets Authority
UK Competition and Markets Authority → formedByMergerOf → UK Competition and Markets Authority self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Office of Fair Trading
UK Competition and Markets Authority → predecessor → UK Competition and Markets Authority self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Office of Fair Trading
FCA → cooperatesWith → UK Competition and Markets Authority ⓘ
subject surface form: Financial Conduct Authority
this entity surface form: Competition and Markets Authority
Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 → createsBody → UK Competition and Markets Authority ⓘ
this entity surface form: Competition and Markets Authority
Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 → mergesInto → UK Competition and Markets Authority ⓘ
this entity surface form: Competition and Markets Authority
Virgin Media O2 → regulatorApproval → UK Competition and Markets Authority ⓘ
this entity surface form: Competition and Markets Authority