UK competition legislation places a duty on UK courts and the Competition and Markets Authority to deal with questions of national competition law consistently with the European Union approach.\u00a0UK competition legislation is in line with and is modelled on the EU legislation.<\/p>\n
In principle, UK competition law may diverge from EU competition law after Brexit.\u00a0 If the UK joins the European Economic Area, the UK would be required to accept EU competition law.<\/p>\n
An arrangement equivalent to that between the EU and Switzerland would require competition arrangements equivalent to those in the European Union.<\/p>\n
It is unlikely that the UK would be enabled to have access to the single market in goods and services while maintaining a significantly divergent competition law.\u00a0 Otherwise, there may not be a level playing pitch and UK companies would have an unfair advantage. \u00a0Any radical change in UK competition law would itself create uncertainty which would be undesirable.<\/p>\n
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