R&D agreement

Agreement between firms to jointly undertake research and development (R & D) activities, in order to pool know-how and to share the costs and risks of inventing new products. An R & D agreement normally covers the acquisition of know-how relating to products...

R&D Block Exemption

Originally published at: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:335:0036:01:EN:HTML Commission Regulation (EU) No 1217/2010 of 14 December 2010 on the application of Article 101(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to...

Regulation 1/2003

Originally published at: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32003R0001:EN:HTML 32003R0001 Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 of 16 December 2002 on the implementation of the rules on competition laid down in Articles 81 and 82 of the Treaty...

Regulation 773/2004

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 773/2004 of 7 April 2004 relating to the conduct of proceedings by the Commission pursuant to Articles 81 and 82 of the EC Treaty (Text with EEA relevance) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty...

Relevant market

The definition of a relevant market is a tool to identify and define the boundaries of competition between firms. It establishes the frame- work within which the Commission applies competition policy princi- ples. The main purpose of market definition is to identify...