"REGULATION (EU) NO 461/2010 ON VERTICAL AGREEMENTS IN THE MOTOR VEHICLES SECTOR" [2018] ELECD 23; in VerLoren van Themaat, Weijer; Reuder, Berend (eds), "European Competition Law" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018) 663

Book Title: European Competition Law

Editor(s): VerLoren van Themaat, Weijer; Reuder, Berend

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN: 9781786435460

Section: Chapter 16

Section Title: REGULATION (EU) NO 461/2010 ON VERTICAL AGREEMENTS IN THE MOTOR VEHICLES SECTOR

Number of pages: 19

Extract:

16 REGULATION (EU) NO 461/2010 ON VERTICAL AGREEMENTS IN THE MOTOR VEHICLES SECTOR* COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) NO 461/2010 OF 27 MAY 2010 ON THE APPLICATION OF ARTICLE 101(3) OF THE TREATY ON THE FUNCTIONING OF THE EUROPEAN UNION TO CATEGORIES OF VERTICAL AGREEMENTS AND CONCERTED PRACTICES IN THE MOTOR VEHICLE SECTOR (OJ 2010 L 129/52) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Regulation No 19/65/EEC of the Council of 2 March 1965 on the application of Article 85(3) of the Treaty to certain categories of agreements and concerted practices,1 and in particular Article 1 thereof, Having published a draft of this Regulation, After consulting the Advisory Committee on Restrictive Practices and Dominant Positions, Whereas: (1) Regulation No 19/65/EEC empowers the Commission to apply Article 101(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union2 by regulation to certain categories of vertical agreements and corresponding concerted practices falling within Article 101(1) of the Treaty. Block exemption regulations apply to vertical agreements which fulfil certain conditions and may be general or sector-specific. The Commission has defined a category of vertical agreements which it regards
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* This chapter was written by Edmon Oude Elferink. 1 OJ 36, 6.3.1965, p. 533/65. 2 With effect from 1 December 2009, Article 81 of the EC Treaty has become Article 101 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the ...