Transparency and disclosure: updating our general guidance
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- Competition and Markets Authority
PublishedPublished:- 24 April 2026
- Last updated:
- 23 July 2026 — See all updates
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Summary of responses
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Detail of outcome
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) ishas consultingpublished its response to the consultation and the updated CMA6 guidance which will take effect from 23 July 2026.
The updated guidance:
- consolidates and streamlines the CMA’s general guidance on transparency and disclosure in a single document, following the withdrawal of CC7
- seeks to ensure accuracy, improve readability and reflect current CMA practice, including our 4Ps approach (pace, predictability, proportionality and process)
The CMA has also withdrawn its guidance on disclosure of information in CMA work (CC7).
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Original consultation
Summary
The CMA consulted on updates to its general guidance on transparency and disclosure.
This consultation iswas being held on another website.
This consultation closesran atfrom
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Consultation description
The CMA is proposing to update its general guidance on transparency and disclosure by both:
- withdrawing its guidance on disclosure of information in CMA work (CC7)
- updating Transparency and disclosure: statement of the CMA’s policy and approach (CMA6)
The updates to CMA6 are intended to both:
- consolidate and streamline the CMA’s general guidance on transparency and disclosure in a single document, following the withdrawal of CC7
- ensure accuracy, improve readability and reflect current CMA practice, including our 4Ps approach (pace, predictability, proportionality and process)
We are seeking views of interested parties on the proposal to withdraw CC7 and our updates to CMA6.
You can find more information about the specific updates we are proposing in the consultation document.
Documents
Consultation document
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Draft updated CMA6 guidance (clean version)
PDF, 548 KB, 58 pages
Draft updated CMA6 guidance (tracked changes)
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2026-07-23 11:00
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2026-04-24 11:00
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