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- 08/10/2021
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Jean-François Bellis participates in panel on the revision of the rules on vertical agreements at the Autumn Conference of the European University Institute in Florence

Jean-François Bellis participated in a panel on the revision of the rules on vertical agreements at the Autumn Conference of the European University Institute in Florence on 8 October 2021. The conference, which is part of the Florence Competition Programme of the Institute, is entitled “Classics Revisited: Market Definition, Horizontal and Vertical Agreements”. The full programme can be found here: http://fcp.eui.eu/event/florence-competition-autumn-conference/.
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- 07/10/2021
- Newsletters
VBB on Competition Law, Volume 2021, No. 9

The September 2021 issue of our newsletter, VBB on Competition Law, which covers major developments in competition law at the European Union, UK and Member State levels.
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- 10/08/2021
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VBB on Competition Law, Volume 2021, No. 7

The July 2021 issue of our newsletter, VBB on Competition Law, which covers major developments in competition law at the European Union, UK and Member State levels.
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- 09/08/2021
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The Commission’s Draft VBER and Vertical Guidelines – a first detailed analysis of key changes

On 9 July 2021, the European Commission (“Commission”) published the draft revised Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (“Draft VBER”) and draft revised guidelines on vertical restraints (“Draft VGL”), a key step in the context of the revision of the current regime governing vertical agreements, set to expire on 31 May 2022. Comments on the drafts may be submitted to the Commission by 21 September 2021. If adopted, the Draft VBER and Draft VGL would bring about a number of important changes to the application of the EU competition rules to a wide range of vertical agreements. These changes would impact not only distribution systems for branded products, but vertical agreements in all industry sectors across the entire EU economy. In these VBB Insights, we provide a first detailed analysis of the most important changes and their potential impact on market participants.
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- 09/07/2021
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Andreas Reindl discusses the proposed new VBER and Vertical Guidelines during Law Leaders Europe Conference organised by GCR

On 13 July 2021, Van Bael & Bellis Partner Andreas Reindl will participate in a panel titled “Vertical restraints – everything new or business as usual” at GCR’s Law Leaders Europe Conference. The panel will provide the first opportunity to discuss key elements of the proposed new VBER and Vertical Guidelines that the European Commission published on Friday, 9 July 2021. [we can insert here the link to the webpage where the documents would be published] The other panel speakers are Tone Oeyen, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Matthias Eisenbarth, Anheuser-Busch InBev, Alexis Walckiers, E.CA Economics, and Helen Gornall, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek You can find further information on this link.
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- 09/07/2021
- Newsletters
VBB on Competition Law, Volume 2021, No. 6

The June 2021 issue of our newsletter, VBB on Competition Law, which covers major developments in competition law at the European Union, UK and Member State levels.
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- 18/06/2021
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VBB on Competition Law, Volume 2021, No. 5

The May 2021 issue of our newsletter, VBB on Competition Law, which covers major developments in competition law at the European Union, UK and Member State levels.
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- 18/05/2021
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VBB on Competition Law, Volume 2021, No. 4

The April 2021 issue of our newsletter, VBB on Competition Law, which covers major developments in competition law at the European Union, UK and Member State levels.
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- 12/04/2021
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VBB on Competition Law, Volume 2021, No. 3

The March 2021 issue of our newsletter, VBB on Competition Law, which covers major developments in competition law at both the European Union and Member State levels.
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