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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/competition-act-1998-specialisation-agreements-block-exemption-order-2022/article-11",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2022/1272",
  "legislation_title": "The Competition Act 1998 (Specialisation Agreements Block Exemption) Order 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/competition-act-1998-specialisation-agreements-block-exemption-order-2022",
  "path": "article/11",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Transitional provision",
  "text": "(1) In this article, a “pre-existing specialisation agreement” means an agreement entered into before 1st January 2023 which on 1st January 2023—\n(a) does not fall into the category specified in article 3, or falls within that category but does not satisfy the conditions provided for in this Order, and\n(b) immediately before that date satisfied the conditions for exemption provided for in Commission Regulation (EU) 1218/2010 on the application of Article 101(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to certain categories of specialisation agreements.\n(2) A pre-existing specialisation agreement is to be treated as a specialisation agreement specified in article 3 and meeting the conditions provided for in this Order until the end of 31st December 2024.\n(3) Articles 8 to 10 apply to a pre-existing specialisation agreement as they apply to a specialisation agreement.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "EUR 2010/1218, as amended by S.I. 2019/93."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/1272/article/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:52:39.827012+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}