Draft updated mergers guidance documents
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The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has reviewed the consultation responses, and published its summary of responses and the final versions of the updated guidance documents:
- Mergers: guidance on the CMA鈥檚 jurisdiction and procedure (CMA2)
- Quick guide to UK merger assessment (CMA18)
- Mergers exceptions to the duty to refer and undertakings in lieu (CMA64)
- Interim measures in merger investigations (CMA108)
- Rules of procedure for merger, market and special reference groups (CMA17)
- Energy network mergers guidance (CMA190)
The final updated mergers guidance will take effect from 1 January 2025 and will apply to merger cases subject to the transitional provisions in the
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Consultation description
Six draft guidance documents have been updated to reflect current practice, and the jurisdictional and procedural changes introduced by the Digital Markets Competition and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.