Updates & Corrigenda
Details...Dear Reader of "Essential EU Competition Law in Charts, 2011 Edition". Please take note of the following updates and corrigenda:
New legislation | p. 33
The text in the box entitled “Block exemption regulations (BERs)” must read:
Block exemption regulations (BERs)
• Vertical restraints: Regulation 330/2010/EU, with Commission Guidelines on Vertical Restraints (2010); see Chart C18;
• Specialisation agreements: Regulation 1218/2010/EU, with Commission Guidelines on horizontal co-operation agreements (2011); see Chart C19;
• Research and development: Regulation 1217/2010/EU, with Commission Guidelines on horizontal co-operation agreements (2011); see Chart C20;
• Technology transfer: Regulation 316/2014/EU, with Commission Guidelines on technology transfer agreements (2014); see Chart C21;
• Motor vehicle distribution: Regulation 461/2010/EU, with Commission Guidelines on Vertical Restraints (2010) and Supplementary Guidelines on motor vehicles (2010);
• Insurance: Regulation 267/2010/EU, with a Commission Communication on the insurance sector (2010);
• Liner shipping: Regulation 906/2009/EC.
Note:
The exemptions for consultations on air passenger tariffs and slot allocation were phased out by Regulation 1459/2006.
The very last box (at the bottom) must read:
Notes:
• There is also a block exemption in the field of state aid; see Chart C52.
• Undertakings with a special position under national law may be able to rely on Art. 106(2) TFEU; see Chart C45.