Press Release: Antitrust: Commission consults on review of safe harbour for minor agreements (“De Minimis” Notice)

The European Commission invites comments on a proposal to revise its guidance notice for assessing when minor agreements between companies are not caught by the general prohibition of anticompetitive agreements under EU competition law.

The proposal aims at updating the present Notice, in particular taking into account recent developments in the case law of the European Court of Justice (ECJ). Comments can be submitted until 3 October 2013. In light of these comments, the Commission will then adopt a new notice in 2014.