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European Union: Revised Vertical Block Exemption Regulation and Vertical Guidelines comes into effect

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Revised Vertical Block Exemption Regulation and Vertical Guidelines comes into effect

On 1 June 2022, the revised Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (VBER) and Vertical Guidelines, which aim to better tackle competition issues arising from digital business models, especially e-commerce and online sales, go into effect. The definitio…

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…