The Vertical GVO 720/22: What's new for manufacturers and retailers?
The long-announced new European regulation on the distribution of goods, the so-called Vertical Block Exemption Regulation 720/22 or block exemption regulation for the exemption of vertical agreements from the prohibition of cartels, came into force on June 1, 2022. In future, it will be cited under the abbreviation Vertical Block Exemption Regulation 720/22 and will have a lasting impact on contract design in e-commerce, every distribution system and stationary retail. [...]