COMPETITION
COMMISSION News Release (09/09) issued by COI News Distribution
Service. 4 March 2009
The Competition
Commission (CC) has issued the following statement after the
Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) published its judgment on an
appeal by Tesco in relation to the CC's Groceries report:
The judgment has not questioned our findings in the groceries
report nor our proposed measures. Specifically it has not
challenged the rationale for a competition test to tackle local
supermarkets monopolies or its design. The appeal was upheld on
the narrow grounds that certain considerations about how the test
would work and its costs and benefits should have been explored
further in the report.
We will now study the judgment closely before deciding our next
steps. We are keen to maintain progress with all the measures and
recommendations that resulted from our report and are in the
process of consulting on those actions designed to address
problems in the supply chain.
The CAT's judgment is available at: http://www.catribunal.org.uk/files/Judg_1104_Tesco_04032009.pdf.
The CC's final report into the UK groceries market was
published in April 2008. See news release at: http://www.competition-commission.org.uk/press_rel/2008/apr/pdf/14-08.pdf.
Note for editors
Enquiries should be directed to Rory Taylor (email
rory.taylor@cc.gsi.gov.uk) on 020 7271 0242.