24/05/2022 (Agence Europe) – On Tuesday 24 May, the European Commission launched a call for evidence (https://aeur.eu/f/1so ), which will run until 21 June 2022, on the revised informal guidance notice for businesses on anti-competitive agreements and abuse of dominant position. The 2004 informal guidance notice specifies the circumstances in which the Commission would consider issuing informal guidance to individual companies on the application of EU competition rules. In practice, the Commission has never issued any informal guidance pursuant to the informal guidance notice. The revised text aims to render the tool more flexible to the benefit of businesses seeking the guidance, and thus increase the legal certainty. In particular, the proposed changes aim to update the criteria which will allow the Commission to provide informal guidance in cases which present novel or unresolved questions. (LC)