Euro Car Parks and the CMA: Two Different Cases Explained
Euro Car Parks is involved in two separate and distinct matters before the Competition and Markets Authority. Keeping them apart is essential to a fair and accurate record.
Euro Car Parks is involved in two separate CMA matters. Case 1 is a concluded £473,000 fixed penalty for failing to comply with an information notice — now under appeal. Case 2 is an open consumer-protection investigation into petrol-station practices and appeals — with no finding yet. They are not the same thing.
| Field | Case 1 · £473,000 Penalty | Case 2 · 2026 Investigation |
|---|---|---|
| Issue | Failure to comply with a statutory information notice. | Petrol-station practices and appeals processes. |
| Status | Penalty imposed. Appealed. | Open. |
| Finding | CMA concluded non-compliance without reasonable excuse. | None yet. |
| Consumer-law infringement finding | No. | No. |
| Opened | Information notice July 2025. | 15 July 2026. |
| Outcome so far | £473,000 fixed penalty (under appeal). | Information-gathering; no infringement finding. |
A penalty for non-compliance is not a finding of consumer harm
Case 1 is about whether Euro Car Parks responded to a legal demand for information. Case 2 is about whether certain business practices breach consumer-protection law. A reader who conflates them will misunderstand both.
The CMA found that Euro Car Parks failed, without reasonable excuse, to comply with an information notice. That is a finding about procedural compliance — not a finding that the company's parking charges or appeals processes broke consumer law.
Read Case 1 →The CMA is investigating whether petrol-station practices and appeals processes may breach consumer-protection law. No infringement has been found. The investigation may conclude with no finding, with undertakings, or with enforcement action.
Read Case 2 →This separation is maintained across the entire website. Where a page discusses the 2026 investigation, it states that no consumer-law infringement has yet been found. Where a page discusses the £473,000 penalty, it states that the penalty is under appeal.