After section 40, insert -

"Transferred EU anti-trust commitments and transferred EU anti-trust directions

40ZA Interpretation

(1) In this section and in sections 40ZB and 40ZD "transferred EU anti-trust commitments" means EU anti-trust commitments -

(a) which are the subject of an Article 95(2) commitments transfer decision (and, where those commitments are modified by, or as contemplated by, that decision, or by a later Article 95(2) commitments transfer decision, means those commitments as so modified), and

(b) which have not been wholly waived or substituted by the European Commission.

(2) In this section -

"Article 95(2) commitments transfer decision" means an instrument issued by the European Commission in accordance with Article 95(2) of the EU withdrawal agreement transferring responsibility for the monitoring and enforcement of EU anti-trust commitments to the CMA;

"EU anti-trust commitments" means commitments contained, pursuant to Article 9(1) of Regulation 1/2003, in a decision adopted by the European Commission under that Regulation.

(3) In this section and in sections 40ZC and 40ZD a "transferred EU anti-trust direction" means an EU anti-trust direction -

(a) which is the subject of an Article 95(2) direction transfer decision (and, where that direction is modified by, or as contemplated by, that decision, or by a later Article 95(2) direction transfer decision, means that direction as so modified), and