The Official Journal (EUR-Lex)
Review of the MVBER
Review of the Motor Vehicle Block Exemption Regulation
Block Exemption Regulations
- Commission Regulation 2022/720 of 10 May 2022 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 (VBER). This Regulation entered into force on 1 June 2022.
- Commission Regulation 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, as amended by Regulation 2023/822 of 17 April 2023.
Corrigendum to the Finnish version of Commission Regulation 461/2010 (Official Journal C301 of 18.11.2010, p.20)
Corrigendum to the Italian version of Commission Regulation 461/2010 (Official Journal L148 of 07.06.2011, p.20)
Commission Guidelines
- Commission notice - Guidelines on Vertical Restraints (Official Journal C 248, 30.6.2022, p.1)
- Commission notice - Supplementary Guidelines on vertical restraints in agreements for the sale and repair of motor vehicles and for the distribution of spare parts for motor vehicles (Official Journal C138, 28.5.2010, p.16), as amended by Communication from the Commission (Official Journal C 133I , 17.4.2023, p. 1–6).
Frequently asked questions
Frequently asked questions on the application of EU antitrust rules in the motor vehicle sector (27.08.2012).
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Other legal texts
Other legal texts useful for assessing vertical agreements in the motor vehicles sector
- Commission Regulation 330/2010 of 20 April 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 (Official Journal L 102, 23.4.2010, p.1-7).
- Commission notice - Guidelines on Vertical Restraints (Official Journal C 130, 19.05.2010,
p. 1) - Commission notice on the definition of the relevant market for the purposes of Community competition law (Official Journal: OJ C 372 09.12.1997, p. 5-13).
- Commission Notice on agreements of minor importance which do not appreciably restrict competition under Article 81(1) of the Treaty establishing the European Community (de minimis) (Official Journal C 368, 22.12.2001, pages 13-15)
- Communication from the Commission - Notice - Guidelines on the application of Article 81(3) of the Treaty (Official Journal C 101, 27.04.2004, pages 97- 118)
- Commission Notice - Guidelines on the effect on trade concept contained in Articles 81 and 82 of the Treaty (Official Journal C 101, 27.04.2004, pages 81-96)