{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-802/annex-I/section-8/division-5/division-8.9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-802/annex-I/section-8/division-5/division-8.9.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2004/802",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 802/2004 of 21 April 2004 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 on the control of concentrations between undertakings (Text with EEA relevance) (revoked)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-802",
  "path": "annex/I/section/8/division/5/division/8.9",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "8.9",
  "heading": "Give an account for the affected markets of the importance of research and development in firms’ ability to compete in the long term. Explain the nature of the research and development in affected markets carried out by the parties to the concentration.",
  "text": ". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": "repealed",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Regulation revoked (31.12.2020) by The Competition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/93), reg. 1(1), Sch. 3 para. 2 (as amended by S.I. 2020/1343, reg. 34(3)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2004/802/annex/I/section/8/division/5/division/8.9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:55:36.197622+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."
}