Part 4Market Investigations

Chapter 1Market investigation references

Making of references

133Contents of references

1

A market investigation reference shall, in particular, specify—

a

the enactment under which it is made;

b

the date on which it is made; and

c

the description of goods or services to which the feature or combination of features concerned relates.

2

A market investigation reference may be framed so as to require the Commission to confine its investigation into the effects of features of markets in the United Kingdom for goods or services of a description specified in the reference to the effects of features of such of those markets as exist in connection with—

a

a supply, of a description specified in the reference, of the goods or services concerned; or

b

an acquisition, of a description specified in the reference, of the goods or services concerned.

3

A description of the kind mentioned in subsection (2)(a) or (b) may, in particular, be by reference to—

a

the place where the goods or services are supplied or acquired; or

b

the persons by or to whom they are supplied or by or from whom they are acquired.