Commitments can resolve certain vertical or dominance concerns before the investigation report, through structural or behavioural remedies accepted by CCI.
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Commitments can resolve certain vertical or dominance concerns before the investigation report, through structural or behavioural remedies accepted by CCI.
Source review date: 4 July 2026. Read with the official text and the facts of the transaction.
Legal anchors
- Section 48B
- CCI Commitment Regulations, 2024
How to analyse it
- Act early after prima facie order.
- Link remedy to theory of harm.
- Make commitments measurable and monitorable.
- Assess third-party feedback.
Practical illustration
A platform proposes transparent ranking criteria and data-access safeguards to address self-preferencing concerns before the DG report.
What can go wrong?
- Vague commitments
- Remedy unrelated to concern
- No monitoring metrics
Evidence pack
- Theory-of-harm map
- Commitment proposal
- Implementation timeline
- Monitoring data
Decision workflow
- Freeze the facts and effective date.
- Identify the controlling Act, rule, notification, circular and jurisdictional overlay.
- Prepare a calculation or exposure note.
- Collect the evidence pack before filing, payment, signing or response.
- Record reviewer conclusion and assumptions.
Quick Q&A
Is the result automatic?
No. Act early after prima facie order.
What is the most important control?
Assess third-party feedback.
What should be escalated?
Vague commitments, especially where money, deadlines, enforcement, personal liability or irreversible transaction steps are involved.
Official source trail
Secondary commentary may help interpretation, but it is not the source of law.