A material increase in the use of Requests for Information (RFIs) has resulted from increased  merger enforcement, coupled with an expansion in the use of market studies and investigations by  competition authorities. In response to this trend, ICC has developed enhanced guidance for  competition authorities and parties regarding the issuance and response to RFIs, particularly “nontarget” RFIs (i.e. where the recipient of the RFI is not the subject of the investigation).

Feedback from task force members – based on their own extensive experience responding to  RFIs – was combined with the results of a survey circulated to the broader ICC membership to  develop the following recommendations for more effective and efficient RFIs: