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Administrative Timetable*

* Published on 11 February 2005, as required by Rule 6 of the Competition Commission Rules of Procedure. Revised on 20 October 2006. Any further revisions made to the timetable will be published on this website.

20 December 2004

Reference made by Office of Fair Trading

December 2004/January 2005

Request for off the shelf material; adverts; letters to third parties etc

January 2005/February

Issue questionnaires, for reply by end March

January/February

Hearings with third parties

February/March

Visits

April

Statement of issues published

May/June

Issues hearings with parties

July

Verifying information

October

Notifying emerging thinking

November/December

Possible further hearings with parties

13 April 2006

Deadline for all parties’ responses/submissions required before provisional findings

April

Notifying provisional findings

April/May/June/July

Notifying and considering possible remedies

May/June/July

Further hearings

31 October

Final deadline for all parties’ responses/submissions

November

Publish report

19 December 2006

Statutory deadline†

 †The Commission has stated that it is expected that some inquiries will be completed in a shorter time, probably 12 to 15 months.

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