OFT Busy

The Office of Fair Trading has had a busy week!

OFT Announces Interim Arrangements for Informal Advice and
Pre-notification Contacts
OFT Press Release
12 April 2006
From this month, the OFT will consider applications for informal
advice for confidential transactions where there is a good faith
intention to proceed, and where the OFT's duty to refer to the
Competition Commission is a genuine issue. This replaces the OFT's
November 2005 decision to limit the service to exceptional
circumstances.

OFT Publishes Guidelines for Involving Third Parties in
Competition Act Investigations
OFT Press Release
12 April 2006
The OFT has published guidance on how it will involve complainants
and other third parties in the investigations under the
Competition Act.
The new guideline follows a public consultation and sets out the
OFT's approach to involving complainants and other third parties
in its investigations in a structured and transparent way. It also
contains guidance on how to make complaints to the OFT about
anti-competitive behaviour.