GCRA - Report on Workplan 2022-2024
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WORK PLAN <strong>2022</strong>-<strong>2024</strong><br />
Achievements<br />
The best outcomes are supported when businesses understand and<br />
operate according to the rules of fairness, c<strong>on</strong>sumers have good<br />
quality informati<strong>on</strong> to make decisi<strong>on</strong>s, c<strong>on</strong>sumers are empowered to<br />
exercise the choices available to them and regulatory infrastructure is<br />
dependable and efficient.<br />
Merger and acquisiti<strong>on</strong><br />
Markets can work against the interests of c<strong>on</strong>sumers when competitors merge or acquire <strong>on</strong>e<br />
another. In these circumstances there is a risk that the most effective way c<strong>on</strong>sumers can<br />
ensure value for m<strong>on</strong>ey for the goods or services they buy is weakened, as the commercial<br />
power of businesses they buy from increases. The <str<strong>on</strong>g>GCRA</str<strong>on</strong>g> therefore looks at transacti<strong>on</strong>s in<br />
case they pose those risks to c<strong>on</strong>sumers and can block them or otherwise require c<strong>on</strong>cerns<br />
to be addressed. In <strong>2022</strong>, the <str<strong>on</strong>g>GCRA</str<strong>on</strong>g> c<strong>on</strong>sidered four mergers and cleared all four. The<br />
average clearance days for mergers c<strong>on</strong>sidered by the <str<strong>on</strong>g>GCRA</str<strong>on</strong>g> in <strong>2022</strong> was 13 days.<br />
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