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How to set up and/or restructure distribution systems in compliance with antitrust law? The new Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (VBER) will enter into force on 1 June 2022. The existing VBER grants a safe harbour to suppliers and their customers, allowing them to assess and safely handle vertical agreements by exempting groups of agreements from the general ban of anticompetitive agreements. The VBER’s revision is – to quote the European Commission’s Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager: “…an important policy project. Vertical agreements, such as those between suppliers of goods or services and their distributors, are common across all sectors of the EU economy.”
The EU giving effect to new rules on sales – offline and online – provides THE occasion for the Antitrust and the T.R.A.D.E. Commission to exchange and elaborate on the best practice, coming from different angles, but with the same object: assisting companies which operate cross-border. Together with the Healthcare Commission, we will focus in particular on the impact of the new regulation on the distribution of medical devices and pharmaceuticals, where regulatory requirements often caused difficulties under the 2010 VBER.
Besides the VBER, we will discuss how to manage distribution systems which go (entirely or partially) beyond the EU and address the effects of the increasing vertical integration on the competitive landscape. Considering Bologna's status as both a gastronomic capital and mecca of luxury sports cars & motorbike brands, we will also have a closer look at distribution and antitrust related aspects in the food products and automotive markets.
! The academic programme of the seminar is the same for the three Commissions on Friday and then it will split in two different tracks on Saturday: one on T.R.A.D.E. and one on Antitrust. Saturday programme for Healthcare & Life Sciences Commission members will include some parts of both tracks.
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The Conference venue is i Portici Hotel
To book the room please send an email to reservation@iporticihotel.com adding 'AIJA 2022 Bologna' in the title of the email. The rooms at I Portici are available at the price until 04.05.2022 and subject to availabilities. In case there is no more room available I Portici, if feasible, will provide with alternative options. |
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Deadline: 10.06.2022 How to book: The request needs to be sent individually to carlton@monrifhotels.it indicating "AIJA EVENT" including check in and out dates, room type (Classic/Deluxe & SGL/ DBL) and with the credit card guarantee form attached here. Cancellation: Free of charge up to 4 days before arrival (19.06.2022) |
**Offer is subject to room availabilities. How to book: The request needs to be sent individually to hoteldonatello@hoteldonatello.com indicating "AIJA EVENT" including check in and out dates, room type (Classic/Deluxe & SGL/ DBL) and providing a credit card number. Cancellation: Free of charge up to 3 days before arrival (20.06.2022)
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I Portici Academy
Address: Via Zamboni, 2, 40126 Bologna
Optional dinner at Cantina Bentivoglio
Address: Via Mascarella, 4/b, 40126 Bologna
Gala Dinner at Palazzo Gnudi
Address: Via Riva di Reno, 77, 40122 Bologna
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