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The purpose of this guidance is to explain how the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) applies the Chapter I prohibition in CA98 to vertical agreements, meaning agreements between businesses operating at different levels of the supply chain.

In particular, it describes the application of the Vertical Agreements Block Exemption Order (VABEO) to vertical agreements and is intended to help businesses assess vertical agreements to establish whether they fall within the scope of the VABEO.