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Consultation on digital markets competition regime guidance

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.

Last fetched 03 May 2026 · gov.uk

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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Consultation documentapplication/pdf Draft digital markets competition regime guidance application/pdf Draft guidance on the mergers reporting requirements for SMS firms application/pdf SMS merger reporting noticeapplication/pdf Summary of draft digital markets competition regime guidanceapplication/pdf Summary of responses to the digital markets competition regime guidanceapplication/pdf Summary of Responses to the Mergers Reporting SMS Guidance application/pdf ACT The App Associationapplication/pdf Amazonapplication/pdf Anonymous 1application/pdf Anonymous 2application/pdf Anonymous 3application/pdf Antitrust Section of the International Bar Associationapplication/pdf Appleapplication/pdf Baker McKenzie LLPapplication/pdf Bauer Media Groupapplication/pdf Berkeley Research Groupapplication/pdf British Institute of International and Comparative Lawapplication/pdf BritishAmerican Business and The US Chamber of Commerce's US UK Business Councilapplication/pdf Chamber of Progressapplication/pdf Checkatradeapplication/pdf The City of London Law Societyapplication/pdf Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLPapplication/pdf Clifford Chance LLPapplication/pdf Coalition for App Fairness application/pdf Coalition for Open Digital Ecosystemsapplication/pdf Company active in the UK digital marketsapplication/pdf Computer and Communications Industry Associationapplication/pdf Consumer Choice Centerapplication/pdf DMG Mediaapplication/pdf DuckDuckGoapplication/pdf Ecosiaapplication/pdf Epic Gamesapplication/pdf Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLPapplication/pdf Federation of Communication Servicesapplication/pdf Free Software Foundation Europeapplication/pdf Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLPapplication/pdf Frontier Economicsapplication/pdf Gener8application/pdf Global Antitrust Instituteapplication/pdf Googleapplication/pdf Guardian News & Mediaapplication/pdf Information Commissioner's Officeapplication/pdf Information Technology and Innovation Foundationapplication/pdf International Center for Law and Economicsapplication/pdf Joint Working Party of the UK Bars and Law Societiesapplication/pdf Kelkoo Groupapplication/pdf Law Society of Scotlandapplication/pdf Legatum Instituteapplication/pdf Linklaters LLPapplication/pdf Macfarlanes LLPapplication/pdf Match Group Incapplication/pdf Meta Platforms Incapplication/pdf Microsoftapplication/pdf Miroslava Marinovaapplication/pdf Mozillaapplication/pdf National Union of Journalistsapplication/pdf News Media Associationapplication/pdf News UKapplication/pdf Newsbrands Scotlandapplication/pdf Online Dating and Discovery Associationapplication/pdf Online travel platformapplication/pdf Online Travel UKapplication/pdf Open Markets Institute and Foxglove and Article 19application/pdf Oxeraapplication/pdf Payment Systems Regulatorapplication/pdf Preiskel & Co LLP (on behalf of Movement for an Open Web)application/pdf Professional Publishers Associationapplication/pdf Protonapplication/pdf Public Interest News Foundationapplication/pdf Publishers Associationapplication/pdf Qualcommapplication/pdf RBB Economicsapplication/pdf Rokuapplication/pdf Santander UKapplication/pdf Skyapplication/pdf Skyscannerapplication/pdf Software & Information Industry Associationapplication/pdf Spotifyapplication/pdf TechUKapplication/pdf TechFreedomapplication/pdf TikTokapplication/pdf Trainlineapplication/pdf Vivaldi Technologies ASapplication/pdf Vodafoneapplication/pdf Weil Gotshal Manges (London) LLPapplication/pdf Which?application/pdf Yelpapplication/pdf

At a glance

Opened24 May 2024

Closes12 Jul 2024

First published24 May 2024

Last updated19 Dec 2024

Document typeconsultation_outcome

Organisations

Competition and Markets Authority

Topics

Competition law

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