Policy field
Competition: Antitrust
Target group
All citizens, organisations and public authorities are welcome to contribute to this consultation.
The stakeholders likely to be interested by the initiative include companies operating in the EU that engage in the licensing of technology rights (including right holders and licensees), law firms and consultancies that advise such companies on technology licensing, intellectual property law and competition law, as well as academics who carry out research in these fields, technology transfer offices and public authorities.
Period of consultation
From 11.09.2025 to 23.10.2025
Objective of the consultation
On 11 September 2025, the Commission published drafts of the revised Technology Transfer Block Exemption Regulation (TTBER) and Technology Transfer Guidelines for comments.
Through the consultation, the Commission aims to gather stakeholder feedback on the changes that it proposes to address the issues identified in the evaluation phase. Since the launch of the impact assessment, the Commission has gathered further evidence on possible changes to the current rules. This evidence has been taken into account in the preparation of the draft revised TTBER and Guidelines.
Consultation documents
- Communication from the Commission – Approval of the content of a draft for a Commission Regulation on the application of Article 101(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to categories of technology transfer agreements and a draft for Commission Guidelines on the application of Article 101 of the Treaty to technology transfer agreements
Reference documents
- The current Technology Transfer Block Exemption Regulation and the Technology Transfer Guidelines
- Explanatory note on the main proposed changes
How to submit your contribution
We welcome contributions from citizens, organisations and public authorities.
- Submit your contribution as a citizen
- Submit your contribution on behalf of an organisation
- Submit your contribution on behalf of a public authority
Contributions will be published on this webpage. Submissions that are clearly marked "confidential" will be treated as such and not published. In that case please also provide a non-confidential version of your reply. It is important to read the privacy statement attached to this consultation for information on how your personal data and contribution will be dealt with.
When providing us with the documents requested above, please ensure that redactions made by you properly cover all confidential information and cannot be reversed.
Contact details
Responsible service:
Directorate-General for Competition – Unit A.1 - Antitrust Case Support and Policy.
Please always indicate the reference number in your correspondence: HT.6464
e-mail: COMP-TTBER-REVIEW
ec [dot] europa [dot] eu (COMP-TTBER-REVIEW[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)
Postal address:
European Commission
Directorate-General for Competition
Place Madou/Madouplein 1
1210 Bruxelles/Brussel
Belgium