Part 2: Competition Chapter 2: Mergers New section 70B
Subsection (1) obliges the CMA to provide a report to the Secretary of State, within a time period specified by the Secretary of State, in relation to the foreign state intervention notice which has been given to them.
	Subsection (2) sets out the necessary content of such a report, namely the decision which the CMA has reached as to whether a foreign state newspaper merger situation has been created (or is in progress or under contemplation), and a summary of the relevant representations which it has received. The CMA must carry out the investigations it considers appropriate to inform its report (subsection (3)) and, as part of its investigations, the CMA must invite representations from the enterprises concerned (subsection (4)).