News / UK forwarders welcome CMA axe for CBER – but it's not a done deal, yet

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UK forwarders have welcomed news that the country’s competition regulator is expected to follow the lead of its EU counterpart and allow the liner shipping Consortia Block Exemption Regulation to lapse when expires on 24 April next year.

The CBER was part of vast tranche of EU laws retained in UK law following Brexit.

On Friday, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said that, following industry consultation, it “no longer proposes to recommend replacement of the retained CBER”.

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