Consultation outcome: Retained Horizontal Block Exemption Regulations – R&D and specialisation agreements

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December 9

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Final recommendation to the Secretary of State

5 December 2022: After the Secretary of State accepted the Competition and Markets Authoritys recommendation, the Competition Act 1998 (Specialisation Agreements Block Exemption) Order 2022 and the Competition Act 1998 (Research and Development Agreements Block Exemption) Order 2022 were laid before Parliament on 5 December 2022, with both orders coming into force on 1 January 2023.

28 June 2022: The CMAhas published its recommendation to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) regarding the retained Horizontal Block Exemption Regulations (retained HBERs).

Final recommendation to Secretary of State (PDF, 1,053KB) (28.6.22)

Consultation on proposed recommendation to the Secretary of State

8 April 2022: The CMA has published, for consultation, its proposed recommendations to the Secretary of State. The CMA will consider responses to the consultation before making a final recommendation to the Secretary of State later in 2022.

Retained Horizontal Block Exemption Regulations consultation (8.4.22)

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Published: 8 April 2022 PDF, 293 KB, 14 pages

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