End of the transitional period for new competition rules on vertical agreements.

Commission Regulation (EU)  2022/720 of 10 May 2022 (“New Vertical Block Exemption Regulation” or “New VBER”) came into force on June 1, 2022,  replacing Commission Regulation (EU)  330/2010. However, it provided for a one-year transitional period to adapt vertical agreements already in force on May 31, 2022, that satisfied the conditions for exemption provided for in the previous Regulation but not those of the New VBER. 

Now that the transitional period has expired, only the provisions of the New VBER are applicable to vertical agreements falling within its scope.

Therefore, it is convenient to keep in mind the content of the new VBER and the main changes introduced, as analyzed in detail in previous posts:

• A new era for vertical agreements
• The new Vertical Block Exemption Regulation: basic principles
• The new vertical guidelines - new developments in the regulation of distribution agreements
• Exclusive distribution in the new Vertical Block Exemption Regulation
• Selective distribution in the new Vertical Block Exemption Regulation
• Resale price restrictions: A new horizon under the new Vertical Block Exemption Regulation?
• Implications of the New Vertical Block Exemption Regulation for e-commerce operators