SCHEDULE 3Amendment of retained direct EU legislation
PART 2Amendment of retained EU Regulations
Commission Regulation (EU) 330/20105
1
Commission Regulation (EU) 330/2010 on the application of Article 101(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to categories of vertical agreements and concerted practices is amended as follows.
2
In Article 1(1)—
a
after point (a), insert—
aa
“the Chapter 1 prohibition” means the prohibition imposed by section 2(1) of the Competition Act 1998;
b
in point (b), for “Article 101(1) of the Treaty” substitute “the Chapter 1 prohibition”;
c
after point (c), insert—
ca
“retained block exemption regulation” has the meaning given in section 10(10) of the Competition Act 1998;
cb
“block exemption order” has the meaning given in section 6 of the Competition Act 1998;
d
in point (h), for “Article 101(1) of the Treaty” substitute “the Chapter 1 prohibition”.
3
In Article 2—
a
in paragraph 1, for the first subparagraph substitute—
Subject to the provisions of this Regulation, vertical agreements are exempt from the Chapter 1 prohibition.
b
in paragraph 2—
i
for “EUR 50 million” substitute “£44 million”;
ii
for “Article 101 of the Treaty” substitute “the Chapter 1 prohibition”;
c
in paragraph 5, for the words from “block exemption regulation” to the end substitute “retained block exemption regulation or of any block exemption order, unless otherwise provided for in such a regulation or order”.
4
Omit Articles 6 and 9.
5
In the words after Article 10, omit the words from “This Regulation shall be binding” to “Member States.”.