Revision of the EU Competition Rules on Cooperation in Research & Development and Production: Scope for Further Improvement

As part of the pending revision of the EU competition rules on horizontal cooperation agreements, the EU Commission has proposed significant amendments to the two block exemption regulations covering research and development agreements  and specialization agreements as well as changes to the corresponding chapters of the Horizontal Guidelines. The proposed amendments aim to improve the existing framework of assessment rather than to radically change it. This has be