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Phase 2

Administrative timetable

Referral date: 15 June 2022

Statutory deadline: 24 January 2023

• Administrative timetable (5.10.22)

Contact

Cerelia.Jus-Rol@cma.gov.uk

Competition Appeal Tribunal judgment

1 September 2023: The Competition Appeal Tribunal has dismissed all grounds of Crlias appeal.

• Press notice: CMA wins legal challenge in Crlia/Jus-Rol case (1.9.23)
• Judgment

Remedy Group appointed

12 April 2023: The CMA has appointed the Remedy Group.

Margot Daly (Chair), Anne Fletcher, Robin Foster and Sheila McClelland.

Final undertakings

11 April 2023: The CMA has accepted final undertakings and the reference has now been fully determined.

• Notice to accept final undertakings (PDF, 137 KB) (11.4.23)
• Final undertakings (PDF, 339 KB) (11.4.23)

Notice of proposal to accept final undertakings

10 March 2023: The CMA gives notice of the proposal to accept final undertakings and is inviting comments on the proposed draft undertakings by 5pm on 24 March 2023.

• Notice of proposal to accept final undertakings (PDF, 121KB) (10.3.23)
• Draft final undertakings (PDF, 340KB) (10.3.23)

Final report

20 January 2023: The CMA has published its final report.

• Final report (PDF, 2.67 MB) (23.1.23)
• Appendices and glossary (PDF, 547KB) (23.1.23)
• Summary of final report (PDF, 169KB) (20.1.23)
• Press release: CMA unwinds dough deal to protect UK grocers and shoppers (20.1.23)

Responses to provisional findings and possible remedies

• Cerelias response to the provisional findings (PDF, 693KB) (13.12.22)
• GMIs response to the provisional findings (PDF, 222KB) (13.12.22)
• Eccelso Ltds response to the provisional findings (PDF, 167KB) (13.12.22)
• The Retail Mind response to the provisional findings (PDF, 430KB) (13.12.22)
• Cerelias response to notice of possible remedies (PDF, 312KB) (5.12.22)

Provisional findings

4 November 2022: The CMA has provisionally found competition concerns as part of its in-depth investigation of the completed acquisition by Crlia Group Holding SAS (either directly or indirectly) of certain assets relating to the UK and Ireland dough business (Jus-Rol) of General Mills, Inc.

The deadline for submitting responses to the provisional findings is 5pm on Friday 25 November 2022.

The deadline for submitting responses to the notice of possible remedies is 5pm on Friday 18 November 2022.

• Provisional findings (PDF, 1.63 MB) (7.11.22)
• Appendices and glossary (PDF, 389 KB) (7.11.22)
• Summary of provisional findings (PDF, 166.15 KB) (4.11.22)
• Notice of provisional findings (PDF, 142.88 KB) (4.11.22)
• Notice of possible remedies (PDF, 189.89 KB) (4.11.22)
• Press release: UK grocers and shoppers could face higher prices due to dough merger (4.11.22)

Notice of extension of statutory period

• Notice of extension (5.10.22)

Responses to the issues statement

• Crlias response to the issues statement (11.8.22)

Issues statement

15 July 2022: The issues statement sets out the scope of the inquiry. It outlines initial theories on what might be adversely affecting competition, but it does not set out findings or conclusions. The deadline for submissions on the issues statement is 5pm, 29 July 2022.

• Issues statement (15.7.22)

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