Vertical Agreements in EU Competition Law

Frank Wijckmans is a member of the Brussels Bar and partner at the Brussels-based law firm Faros - Competition and Data Protection. Frank is professor at the Brussels School of Competition (LLM program) and Assessor at the Belgian Competition Authority. He was expert advisor to DG Competition in the preparation of the new block exemption regime on vertical agreements. He holds an LLM from the University of Virgina and a lic. iuris from the University of Antwerp.Filip Tuytschaever is a member of the Brussels Bar and partner at the Brussels-based law firm contrast. Filip is a professor of EU competition law at the Law Faculty of the University of Brussels (VUB). Filip holds a lic. iuris from the University of Ghent, an LLM in International and European Law from the University of Brussels (VUB) and in Business Management from VLEKHO. He was awarded a PhD in Law from the European University Institute (Florence) and was a national expert in the Secretariat-General of the EU Commission and an intern in its Legal Service.

Review from previous edition The book is a useful tool for all practitioners who encounter any kind of vertical agreements. ... unlike many other more general or academic competition law handbooks Vertical Agreements in EU Competition Law is clearly a book from practitioners to practitioners, which is a useful tool for every practicing lawyer.

• Part One: Introduction 1: Introduction Part Two: Vertical Agreements under Regulation 2022/720 2: Road Map 3: Article 2(1): Scope of Application of Regulation 2022/720 4: Article 2(2) - Article 2(7): Limits to the Scope of Application of Regulation 2022/720 5: Article 3: Market Share Ceiling 6: Article 4: Hardcore Regulations 7: Article 5: Excluded Restrictions 8: Article 6 (Withdrawal) and Article 7 (Non-Application) 9: Frequently Used Distribution and Supply Scenarios 10: E-Commerce Part Three: Vertical Agreements Outside Regulation 2022/720 11: Self-Assessment of Vertical Agreements and Related Economics Part Four: Motor Vehicle Distribution 12: Motor Vehicle Distribution (with Herlinde Burez)