Axel Gu­ter­muth, Brus­sels
The ar­ti­cle ex­plains the re­vi­sed EU Block Ex­emp­ti­on Re­gu­la­ti­on for re­se­arch and de­ve­lop­ment agree­ments (Re­gu­la­ti­on No 1217/2010) that en­t­e­red in­to force on 1 Ja­nu­a­ry 2011. The re­vi­sed Re­gu­la­ti­on is re­le­vant for the com­pe­ti­ti­on law as­sess­ment of agree­ments bet­ween un­der­ta­kings pro­vi­ding for co­ope­ra­ti­on in re­se­arch and de­ve­lop­ment (R&D) and the com­mer­cia­liza­t­i­on of R&D...

Da­ni­el von Bre­vern, Düssel­dorf
It is ge­ne­ral­ly as­su­med that the crea­ti­on of a joint ven­ture re­qui­res a no­ti­fi­ca­ti­on to the Eu­ro­pean Com­mis­si­on on­ly if the joint ven­ture qua­li­fies as a "full-func­tion joint ven­ture" wi­t­hin the mea­ning of Ar­ti­cle 3(4) Re­gu­la­ti­on 139/2004. Ho­we­ver, the Eu­ro­pean Com­mis­si­on has ad­op­ted a dif­fe­rent ap­proach un­der its "Con­so­li­da­ted Ju­ris­dic­tio­nal No­ti­ce". Ac­cor­ding to the no­ti­ce, the full-func­tio­na­li­ty con­di­ti­on does not ap­p­ly to the ac­qui­si­ti­on of joint con­trol ove