Clifford Chance

The CMA recommends a UK Vertical Agreements Block Exemption Order: Further signs of regulatory divergence?

26 April 2022

The authors* discuss the CMA's recommendation for a UK Vertical Agreements Block Exemption Order and explore the potential areas of divergence from the EU’s Vertical Agreements Block Exemption Regulation set to expire on 31 May 2022.

*Partner Alex Nourry, Associate Deepaloke Chatterjee and Akif Rahman, Trainee Solicitor, Clifford Chance LLP.

This article was first published by Thomson Reuters, trading as Sweet & Maxwell, 5 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5AQ in the European Competition Law Review as "The CMA recommends a UK Vertical Agreements Block Exemption Order: Further signs of regulatory divergence?" in [E.C.L.R. 2022, 43(4) N-92-N94] and is reproduced by agreement with the publishers.

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