Part 4Market Studies and Market Investigations

Chapter 1 Market Studies and market investigation references

Making of references

133 Contents of references

(1)

A market investigation reference shall, in particular, specify—

(a)

the enactment under which it is made;

(b)

the date on which it is made; F1...

(c)

F2in the case of an ordinary reference, the description of goods or services to which the feature or combination of features concerned relatesF3; and

(d)

in the case of a cross-market reference, the feature or features concerned and the descriptions of goods or services to which it or they relate.

F4(1A)

A market investigation reference may be framed so as to require the group constituted by the chair of the CMA in respect of the reference to confine its investigation into the effects of features of markets in the United Kingdom for goods or services of a description specified in the reference to the effects of particular features of such markets.

(1B)

For the purposes of subsection (1A), “particular features” means features specified in the reference.

(2)

F5For the purposes of subsection (1A), a reference may (for example) specify or describe features that exist in connection with—

(a)

a supply F6or, in the case of a cross-market reference, supplies, of a description specified in the reference, of the goods or services concerned; or

(b)

an acquisition F7or, in the case of a cross-market reference, acquisitions, of a description specified in the reference, of the goods or services concerned.

(3)

A description of the kind mentioned in subsection (2)(a) or (b) may, in particular, be by reference to—

(a)

the place where the goods or services are supplied or acquired; or

(b)

the persons by or to whom they are supplied or by or from whom they are acquired.