Part 1Digital Markets

Chapter 4Pro-competition interventions

47Power to begin a PCI investigation etc

1

The CMA may begin an investigation (a “PCI investigation”) in relation to a designated undertaking where it has reasonable grounds to consider that a factor or combination of factors relating to a relevant digital activity may be having an adverse effect on competition.

2

A PCI investigation is an investigation to enable the CMA to determine—

a

whether to make a PCI, and

b

if it concludes that it should make a PCI, the form and content of that PCI.

3

The CMA may begin a PCI investigation in relation to a designated undertaking even if it has previously made a decision not to make a PCI in respect of that undertaking.