Guidelines

These guidelines replace ORR’s previous guidance, published in November 2002, and take account of the changes brought about by EC Council Regulation 1/2003 (the Modernisation Regulation) coming into force on 1 May 2004.

The guidelines include:

• the designation of ORR as a National Competition Authority (NCA) for the purpose of applying Articles 81 and 82 of the EC Treaty;
• guidance on how ORR interprets its powers and functions as a regulatory body and as a NCA;
• a description of ORR’s powers under the Enterprise Act 2002 (EA02) including the power to launch market investigations and make market references to the Competition Commission; and
• provides guidance to complainants on the type of information required by ORR before it will take up a complaint about anti-competitive behaviour under the Competition Act.