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ARTICLE · 10 JANUARY 2020

Resale Price Maintenance: A New Enforcement Paradigm?

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On 3 December, 2019, Dentons' EU Competition & Antitrust team held its third complimentary webinar in a series dedicated to vertical restraints in the EU.

European UnionAntitrust/Competition Law

Introduction

On 3 December, 2019, Dentons' EU Competition & Antitrust team held its third complimentary webinar in a series dedicated to vertical restraints in the EU. The first two webinars focused on the recent cooperation strategies in vertical enforcement cases (see here) and the current state of play of resale price maintenance (RPM) enforcement in the EU (see here).

On this occasion, the panellists Marieke Scholz (Deputy Head of Unit, DG COMP), Aleksandra Boutin (Partner, Positive Competition) and Yves Botteman (Partner, Dentons) shared their views on the rationale for treating RPM as a restriction by object and the possibility of adopting a more flexible effects-based approach, especially in the context of the ongoing review of the Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (VBER) and the Vertical Guidelines. The panel was moderated by Camille Keres (Associate, Dentons).

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