COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT EVALUATION Evaluation of Commission Regulation (EU) N° 316/2014 of 21 March 2014 on the application of Article 101(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the Europ...

EUROPEAN COMMISSION COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT EVALUATION Brussels, 22.11.2024 SWD(2024) 268 final Evaluation of Commission Regulation (EU) N° 316/2014 of 21 March 2014 on the application of Article 101(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to categories of technology transfer agreements {SWD(2024) 269 final} EN EN Contents 1. Introduction .................................................................................................................. 4 1.1 Purpose of the evaluation ............................................................................................. 6 1.2 Scope of the evaluation ................................................................................................ 7 2. What was the expected outcome of the intervention? .................................................. 7 2.1. Description of the intervention and its objectives ........................................................ 7 2.1.1. Block exemption regulations in EU antitrust law ........................................................ 7 2.1.2. The previous versions of the TTBER ........................................................................... 9 2.1.3. The TTBER and the TTGL ........................................................................................ 10 2.1.4. The revision of the 2004 TTBER ............................................................................... 13 2.2. Points of...