The Block Exemption Regulation contains in Article 4 a list of hardcore restrictions which lead to the exclusion of the whole vertical agreement from the scope of application of the Block Exemption Regulation.
This list of hardcore restrictions applies to vertical agreements concerning trade within the Community.
In so far as vertical agreements concern exports outside the Community or imports/re-imports from outside the Community see the judgment in
Javico v Yves Saint Laurent. Individual exemption of vertical agreements containing such hardcore restric- tions is also unlikely.
