Undertakings

Consultations - invitations to comment for reviews of undertakings

Under section 99 of the Enterprise Act 2002, the OFT has a duty to keep under review the carrying out of any enforcement undertaking, and shall from time to time to consider whether, by reason of any change of circumstances, an enforcement undertaking is no longer appropriate and whether one or more of the parties to it can be released from it or it needs to be varied or superseded by a new enforcement undertaking. 

To help the OFT to carry out this duty, we invite comments from interested third parties - customers, suppliers and/or competitors - in order to assess the impact that changing the enforcement undertaking may have.

See undertakings consultations.

Register of undertakings

This public register provides the text of any undertakings accepted or orders made under Part 3 of the Enterprise Act 2002. This covers:

• initial and interim undertakings and orders - obtained in completed merger situations for the purpose of preventing pre-emptive action on the part of the parties to the merger
• undertakings in lieu of reference
• final undertakings and orders.

The printed version of the register is open to public inspection, by appointment, at the OFT between 10am and 4.30 pm on every day that the Office is open for business. Telephone 020 7211 8586 / 8452 / 8917 / 8915.

Use the links below to view the undertakings and orders.

• Initial undertakings
• Undertakings in lieu of reference
• Final undertakings
• Initial orders
• Orders in lieu of reference
• Final orders
• Companies index

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