Brussels, 14/10/2011 (Agence Europe) - A clause in a selective distribution contract banning the distributors of a company from selling its products online amounts to a restriction on competition by object, unless that clause is objectively justified, ruled the European Court of Justice on Thursday 13 October 2011 in Case C-439/09). “Such a ban may not benefit from a block exemption but may, if certain conditions are met, benefit from an individual exemption”, explains the court.
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