Tag: Vertical Guidelines
Hardcore Restrictions in Regulation 2022/720 on Vertical Restrictions
The Vertical Block Exemption Regulation is a valuable tool, helping businesses to self-assess the compliance of their sale and distribution agreements with EU competition...
The New European Vertical Block Exemption: Unanswered Questions for Online Distributors...
On June 1, 2022, the European Commission's new Vertical Block Exemption Regulation ("VBER") and its accompanying guidelines (the "Guidelines") came into force. The VBER...
Proposed New EU Competition Rules for Distribution Agreements – A Rebalancing...
On July 9, 2021, the European Commission (“EC”) published for public consultation a draft revised Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (“VBER”) and draft revised guidelines...
VBER Review: Overview of the Evaluation Phase
On September 8, 2020, the European Commission published the Staff Working Document on its review of the Vertical Block Exemption Regulation ("VBER"). During the...
Rethinking the EU’s by Object Approach to Vertical Restrictions
The EU is in the process of revising its Vertical Block Exemption Regulation and Vertical Guidelines, which expire in 2022. As part of this...
Economic Principles and the Reform of the European Commission’s Approach to...
The European Commission recently published its evaluation results from a consultation on the Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (“VBER”) and accompanying Vertical Guidelines. The consultation...
