Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014 (No 29 of 2014)

The Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014 provides for the amalgamation the National Consumer Agency and the Competition Authority into the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) and gives effect to other changes to competition and consumer law including making provision for regulating certain practices in the grocery goods sector and giving effect to the recommendations of the Advisory Group on Media Mergers. The CCPC was statutorily established on 31 October 2014.

• Consultation on draft regulations in the grocery goods sector
• Draft Code of Practice for Designated Grocery Goods Undertakings May 2011
• Consultation Code of Practice for Grocery Goods Undertakings 2009