the uk competition and markets authority known as cma said tuesday that it has announced to french wasteandwatermanagement companies suez sa and veolia environnement sa that it has launched a merger inquiry into their deal the cma is considering whether it is or may be the case that this transaction has resulted in the creation of a relevant merger situation if so whether the creation of that situation has resulted or may be expected to result in a substantial lessening of competition within any market or markets in the united kingdom for goods or services it said the cma said that the deadline for its phase 1 decision is dec 7 the takeover of suez by veolia was agreed by both companies earlier this year