Brussels, 29/11/2000 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has adopted new competition rules concerning so-called horizontal cooperation agreements, that is, cooperation agreements between competitors. Likely to entail competition distortion, these agreements are subject to Community competition rules (Article 81 of the Treaty). Currently, their assessment is governed by two block exemption regulations concerning research and development agreements (R&D Regulation EEC No 418/85) and the...