The new Vertical Block Exemption Regulation 2022/720, which has been in force since 1 June 2022, provided for a transition period for previously concluded contracts. This expired on 31 May 2023.
The new Vertical Block Exemption Regulation 2022/720, which replaces the previous, now expired, Vertical Block Exemption Regulation 330/2010, contains some significant innovations as well as clarifications. The following is an overview of the rules now applicable to distribution contracts.
If a German company is involved by a French customer in an independent pre-litigation procedure of taking evidence that was initiated by the latter’s end customer, it is often preferable to prevent a lawsuit in France by a so-called “torpedo suit” in Germany. In a present ruling, this strategy was deemed to be admissible by the European…
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