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United Kingdom

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CMA definition

What does CMA mean? In practice, CMA refers to the UK’s competition and markets authority, the national competition regulator that investigates mergers, cartels and abuse of dominance and enforces consumer protection law. The body is created and named by statute (Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013) and exercises powers principally under the Competition Act 1998 and the Enterprise Act 2002, now complemented by the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024. Key functions include UK merger control (Phase 1/Phase 2), market studies and market investigations, antitrust enforcement with administrative fines, acceptance of commitments and remedies, criminal cartel enforcement, director disqualification, and consumer law enforcement....

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ARCHIVED – this case hub preserves the position as at the judgment of 15 February 2019 and is no longer maintained. For more, see the timeline, commentary and related cases.

Case facts

Outline

Appeal by Balmoral Tanks Limited and Balmoral Group Holdings Limited challenging the CAT’s ruling that upheld the CMA’s decision regarding a cartel in the Supply of galvanised steel water storage tanks.

Latest development

On 15 February 2019, the Court of Appeal delivered its judgment, dismissing Balmoral’s appeal in full.

Parties

Appellants—Balmoral Tanks Limited (Balmoral) and its parent company Balmoral Group Holdings Limited
Respondent—Competition and Markets Authority

Background

On 27 November 2012, the CMA opened its investigation into the galvanised steel tanks for water storage cartel (CE/9691/12). The CMA also brought a criminal prosecution under the criminal cartel offence. In brief, Nigel Snee, former Managing Director of Franklin Hodge Industries Ltd (Franklin Hodge), pleaded guilty to dishonestly agreeing with others to fix prices, allocate customers and rig bids between 2005 and 2012...

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