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European Union: Consultation on draft revised Vertical Block Exemption Regulation and Vertical Guidelines opened

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Consultation on draft revised Vertical Block Exemption Regulation and Vertical Guidelines opened

On 9 July 2021, the European Commission published the draft of the revised Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (VBER) and Vertical Guidelines for consultation until 17 September 2021. The definition of "suppliers" in Article 1(1)(d) of VBER was amen…

Scope

Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Merger control regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Implementation Level
supranational
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
central government

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2021-07-09
in consultation

On 9 July 2021, the European Commission published the draft of the revised Vertical Block Exemption…

2021-09-17
processing consultation

On 17 September 2021, the consultation on the draft of the revised Vertical Block Exemption Regulat…

2022-05-10
adopted

On 10 May 2022, the European Commission adopted and published the revised Vertical Block Exemption …

2022-06-01
in force

On 1 June 2022, the revised Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (VBER) and Vertical Guidelines, whi…