Part 1: Digital Markets Procedure Section 17: Existing obligations
An ‘existing obligation’ for the purposes of this section is defined in subsection (5), and it is any conduct requirement, enforcement order, final offer order, pro-competition order or commitment, applying at the time when a designation is revoked, or another designation is made, after a further SMS investigation.
	Subsections (1) and (2) grant the CMA a power to make transitional, transitory or saving provisions when revoking a designation, in respect of an existing obligation to manage the impact of revocation on the obligation’s beneficiaries, and in a way that appears fair and reasonable to the CMA. Subsection (2A) provides that the CMA's information gathering and enforcement powers in Chapters 6 and 7 in respect of designated undertakings also apply to undertakings still subject to obligations applied under section 17(1).
	Subsections (3) and (4) set out that the CMA may continue any existing obligation in respect of a new designation, may modify that obligation in respect of the new designated activity, and may make transitional, transitory or saving provision in respect of that obligation. The digital activity may be the same activity as under the previous designation, or a digital activity that the CMA considers to be similar or connected to the previously designated activity (see section 10(4)).
	Subsection (6) sets out that decisions related to existing obligations must be included in the SMS decision notice.