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"REGULATION (EU) NO 461/2010 ON VERTICAL AGREEMENTS IN THE MOTOR VEHICLES SECTOR" [2014] ELECD 892; in VerLoren van Themaat , Weijer; Reuder, Berend (eds), "European Competition Law" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2014) 619

Book Title: European Competition Law

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

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781783476862

Section: Chapter 16

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

Number of pages: 20

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.
(2) The Commission has defined a category of vertical agreements which it regards
as normally satisfying the conditions laid down in Article 101(3) of the Treaty

* This chapter was written by Rick Cornelissen.
1 OJ 36, 6.3.1965, p. 533/65.
2 With effect from 1 December 2009, Article 81 of the EC ...