The Competition and Markets Authority has imposed a £473,000 penalty on Euro Car Parks Limited for failing to comply with a legally binding information notice. The fine, announced on 13 February 2026, marks the first use of the CMA’s new fining powers under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024.
The information notice was issued in July 2025 as part of the CMA’s preliminary assessment of whether to open a consumer protection investigation. Despite seven separate attempts to secure a response, including registered post, hand delivery and multiple emails to company directors, Euro Car Parks did not reply for three months. The company only began providing the requested information after the CMA notified it of its intention to impose a penalty.
Euro Car Parks stated that it had blocked the CMA’s emails because it believed they were fraudulent. The CMA rejected this explanation as unreasonable and proceeded to impose the fine in December 2025. The company also sought to prevent the CMA from naming it publicly by applying to the High Court for an injunction, but the Court refused the application.
The penalty relates solely to the failure to comply with the information notice and does not concern any alleged breach of consumer protection law. The CMA has not opened a consumer enforcement case against Euro Car Parks, and no assumption should be made that the company has infringed the law.
Under its statutory powers, the CMA may impose a fixed penalty of up to 1% of a company’s annual turnover for such failures. In this case, the authority levied 75% of the maximum possible fixed charge. Euro Car Parks has appealed the decision to the High Court.