Brussels, 27/06/2001 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has adopted a new Notice on restrictions directly related and necessary to concentrations (so-called "ancillary restraints") which replaces a 1990 Notice. These restrictions are contractual agreements frequently concluded by companies in the context of a concentration, such as non-competition clauses, licence agreements or even obligations to purchase and supply. The new Notice, which comes within the general reform of the rules...