Effects of the transition of the motor vehicle distribution block exemption rules to the general block exemption rules
(2014) JURM02 20151Department of Law
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Vertikala avtal som faller under artikel 101(1) FEUF kan fortfarande vara i överensstämmelse med konkurrensrätten i enlighet med artikel 101(3) FEUF. Vissa förfaranden är automatiskt tillåtna i enlighet med artikel 101(3) genom gruppundantagsförordningar.
Gruppundantagsförordningarna ger safe harbor för marknadsaktörer under särsilda villkor som anges i förordnignarna. Sådana villkor är maximala tröskelvärden för marknadsandelar, särskilt allvarliga begränsningar som medför att gruppundantaget inte gäller, och uteslutna begränsningar som är begränsningar i konkurrensen som aldrig kan dra nytta av gruppundantaget.
Motorfordonssektorn har traditionellt sett varit reglerad av särskilda gruppundantagsförordningar som är anpassade för de... (More) - Vertikala avtal som faller under artikel 101(1) FEUF kan fortfarande vara i överensstämmelse med konkurrensrätten i enlighet med artikel 101(3) FEUF. Vissa förfaranden är automatiskt tillåtna i enlighet med artikel 101(3) genom gruppundantagsförordningar.
Gruppundantagsförordningarna ger safe harbor för marknadsaktörer under särsilda villkor som anges i förordnignarna. Sådana villkor är maximala tröskelvärden för marknadsandelar, särskilt allvarliga begränsningar som medför att gruppundantaget inte gäller, och uteslutna begränsningar som är begränsningar i konkurrensen som aldrig kan dra nytta av gruppundantaget.
Motorfordonssektorn har traditionellt sett varit reglerad av särskilda gruppundantagsförordningar som är anpassade för de särskilda behoven i den sektorn. Den senast gällande av dessa gruppundantagsförordningar var förordning 1400/2002.
Sedan den 1 juni 2013 upphörde gruppundantagsförordningen för motorfordon att gälla för distribution av nya motorfordon och blev ersatt av en redan befintlig generell gruppundantagsförordning; förordning 330/2010.
Effekterna av denna övergång inkluderar förändringar i tröskelvärden för marknadsandelar, klart reducerat återförsäljarskydd, vissa förändringar i särskilt allvarliga begränsningar och en stor förändring angående konkurrensklausuler.
Vidare så har selektiv distribution, och de kriterier som används av en leverantör för att välja sina distributörer, genomgått en förändring som i praktiken huvudsakligen undanröjer skillnaderna mellan kvalitativ och kvantitativ distribution.
I och med övergången från en speciell gruppundantagsregim till en generell gruppundantagsregim så har kommissionen utgett tilläggsriktlinjer, vilka förklarar vanliga förfaranden i motorfordonssektorn i ljuset av den nya gruppundantagsförordningen. Vissa av de gamla förfarandena, som gällde under förordning 1400/2002, verkar genom tolkning även erkännas i förordning 330/2010 genom tilläggsriktlinjerna. (Less) - Abstract
- Vertical agreements which fall under Article 101(1) TFEU may still be compliant with competition law in accordance with Article 101(3) TFEU. Some practices are automatically exempt from in line with Article 101(3) by way of block exemption regulations.
The block exemption regulations provide safe harbor for market operator under certain conditions as set out in the regulations, such as maximum market share thresholds; hardcore restrictions that remove the benefit of the block exemption, and; excluded restrictions, which are restrictions that can never benefit from the block exemption.
The motor vehicle sector has traditionally been governed by special block exemption regulations, which take into account the special needs of that... (More) - Vertical agreements which fall under Article 101(1) TFEU may still be compliant with competition law in accordance with Article 101(3) TFEU. Some practices are automatically exempt from in line with Article 101(3) by way of block exemption regulations.
The block exemption regulations provide safe harbor for market operator under certain conditions as set out in the regulations, such as maximum market share thresholds; hardcore restrictions that remove the benefit of the block exemption, and; excluded restrictions, which are restrictions that can never benefit from the block exemption.
The motor vehicle sector has traditionally been governed by special block exemption regulations, which take into account the special needs of that sector. The latest of these block exemption regulations was regulation 1400/2002.
Since 1 June 2013, the motor vehicle block exemption regulation ceased to apply for distribution of new motor vehicles, and was replaced by an already existing general block exemption regulation; regulation 330/2010.
The effects of this transition include changes in the market share thresholds, largely reduced dealer protection, some changes in the hardcore restrictions and a large change regarding non-competition clauses.
Further, selective distribution and the criteria by which a supplier chooses its distributors have undergone a change which in practice essentially removes the difference between qualitative and quantitative distribution.
With the transition from a special block exemption regime into a general block exemption regime the commission has issued supplementary guidelines, which explains common practices in the motor vehicle sector in the light of the new block exemption regulation. Some of the previous practices, which applied under Regulation 1400/2002, seem to have been interpreted to also exist under Regulation 330/2010 through the supplementary guidelines. (Less)
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- Grön, Richard LU
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- JURM02 20151
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- 2014
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- H3 - Professional qualifications (4 Years - )
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- förmögenhetsrätt, konkurrensrätt, administrative law, civil and criminal procedure
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- English
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abstract = {{Vertical agreements which fall under Article 101(1) TFEU may still be compliant with competition law in accordance with Article 101(3) TFEU. Some practices are automatically exempt from in line with Article 101(3) by way of block exemption regulations.
The block exemption regulations provide safe harbor for market operator under certain conditions as set out in the regulations, such as maximum market share thresholds; hardcore restrictions that remove the benefit of the block exemption, and; excluded restrictions, which are restrictions that can never benefit from the block exemption.
The motor vehicle sector has traditionally been governed by special block exemption regulations, which take into account the special needs of that sector. The latest of these block exemption regulations was regulation 1400/2002.
Since 1 June 2013, the motor vehicle block exemption regulation ceased to apply for distribution of new motor vehicles, and was replaced by an already existing general block exemption regulation; regulation 330/2010.
The effects of this transition include changes in the market share thresholds, largely reduced dealer protection, some changes in the hardcore restrictions and a large change regarding non-competition clauses.
Further, selective distribution and the criteria by which a supplier chooses its distributors have undergone a change which in practice essentially removes the difference between qualitative and quantitative distribution.
With the transition from a special block exemption regime into a general block exemption regime the commission has issued supplementary guidelines, which explains common practices in the motor vehicle sector in the light of the new block exemption regulation. Some of the previous practices, which applied under Regulation 1400/2002, seem to have been interpreted to also exist under Regulation 330/2010 through the supplementary guidelines.}},
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