Antitrust – New Amendments To Nine Block Exemptions

The Antitrust Commissioner intends to renew the validity and to amend nine block exemptions. Block exemptions are a central tool used by the Antitrust Commissioner to exempt categories of common commercial arrangements from the obligation of obtaining the Antitrust Tribunal's approval. At issue are arrangements that do not raise any concern of significant harm to competition, even though they fall within the definition of a "restrictive arrangement" prescribed in the Antitrust Law.

In early May 2016, the Antitrust Authority published drafts of block exemptions for public comments. The drafts contain a number of amendments that would simplify the utilization of the current block exemptions.