Store Card Credit Services
Administrative Timetable*
*Revised version, published on 21 December 2005, as required
by Rule 6 of the Competition Commission Rules of Procedure.
Any further revisions made to the timetable will be published
on this web site.
| 18 March 2004 |
Reference made by Office of Fair Trading |
| March to August |
Gathering information, issuing questionnaires,
hearing third parties, clarification hearings with main
parties, open hearing |
| September |
Statement of issues published |
| October to December |
Issues hearings with main parties |
Early January |
Publish CC's emerging thinking |
| January to March 2005 |
Verifying information from parties,
moving to provisional findings |
| February to March |
Further hearings with
main parties |
| End June |
Deadline for all parties’ responses/submissions
required before provisional findings |
| Early August |
Finalise checking of draft provisional
findings with parties |
| Early September |
Notifying provisional findings
and (if required) possible remedies |
| Early October |
Responses due on provisional findings
and possible remedies |
October to December |
Remedies hearings |
December |
Publish Statement of Provisional Decisions
on Remedies |
| 9 January 2005 |
Final deadline for responses to Statement
of Provisional Decisions on Remedies |
| Late January |
Final deadline for all
parties' responses/submissions |
| February |
Publish report |
| 17 March 2006 |
Statutory deadline |
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