EU Competition Law (2023 Update) - European commission adopts updated block exemption regulations, and guidelines on agreements between competitors

 

On 1 June 2023 the European Commission (the “Commission”) adopted its revised Horizontal Block Exemption Regulations comprising the Research and Development Agreements (“R&D”) Block Exemption Regulation and Specialisation Agreements Block Exemption Regulation and updated Horizontal Guidelines on co-operation agreements between competitors (Guidelines) including a new chapter on sustainability agreements and an updated chapter on information exchange agreements with a focus on algorithms and conduct of meetings.