Regulatory and Commercial
Overview
We assist companies on all the regulatory aspects involved in entering the Communications, Gas and Electricity sectors and also structuring their agreements with dominant entities and in complying with regulatory requirements when selling to consumers . Further, we advise technology companies, in partnering with other companies, whether upstream in the context of their procurement or downstream in the context of the distribution of their products in Europe, or the US or in setting up joint R&D or Joint Venture structures with larger companies.
- Advice on regulatory procedures with all regulators including ComReg, IFSRA, Competition Authority Access including access in Telecommunications ( the Commission Notice ), the essential facilities doctrine and Guidelines for Good Third Party Access Practice in the Gas sector Commercial Agents regulation and structuring agreements with commercial agents Co-operation by competitors and the Horizontal Restraints Block Exemption Consumer Protection, regulatory compliance Electronic programme guides, regulatory issues Exclusive purchasing and supply agreements in gas and electricity Intellectual Property Rights, protection and regulation Joint Research and Development Joint Ventures, regulatory aspects Procurement and Concession contracts Long term contracts in the Gas and Electricity sectors and the competition rules that apply Minimum off-take purchase guarantee, take or pay and minimum purchasing obligations, the principles which apply Motor vehicles, the application of the Commission Block Exemption to motor distribution agreements and spare parts supply Option contracts in the context of electricity pooling and the competition rules Pooling and settlement, the extent to which contractual arrangements for electricity trading through a pool are restrictive of competition. Procurement and Concession contracts, advising on the procurement directives application Pricing by dominant entities, permissible discounting, promotional pricing Regulatory advice on broadcasting, gas, electricity and communications issues Regulatory advice on professional services regulation Tobacco regulation Trade and Service Marks protection and regulation State aid, the application of the state aid rules to the Utilities sector VAT
- Vertical Restraints regulation, including agency, customer allocation, franchising, exclusive and selective distribution, exclusive purchasing.
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