2022 No. 516

Competition

The Competition Act 1998 (Vertical Agreements Block Exemption) Order 2022

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Competition and Markets Authority has recommended that the Secretary of State make an order specifying certain categories of vertical agreements for the purposes of section 6 of the Competition Act 19981 (“the Act”).

In accordance with section 8 of the Act2, before making the recommendation the Competition and Markets Authority published details of the proposed recommendation and considered the representations about it which were made to it3.

The Secretary of State has decided to give effect to the recommendation without modifications and makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 6(2), (5), (6) and (7) and 71(3) of the Act.