Webinar on the Competition Commission's new block exemptions

We are pleased to share with you a Nortons Inc webinar we recently held where we hosted a panel discussion on two important block exemptions recently issued by the Competition Commission.

These exemptions have far-reaching implications for South African businesses operating in export markets, as well as those reliant on ports, rail and key feeder road corridors.

The block exemptions may also have implications from a European and US perspective and we are joined by Nicole Kar, from Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, one of the leading competition lawyers in the United Kingdom and Europe, to unpack the offshore implications of the block exemptions.

Our expert panel unpack the practical impact of these exemptions and provide an opportunity for an interactive Q&A session.

Discussion focus:

Draft Block Exemption for the Promotion of Exports (2025)

• Exempts certain coordinated practices among firms in export markets to enhance competitiveness, reduce costs, and improve access to international markets.
• Covers areas such as joint marketing, sharing of logistics costs, coordination on infrastructure development, and collective negotiation of export protocols.

Block Exemption for Ports, Rail and Key Feeder Road Corridors (2025)

• Enables collaboration among firms in the transport and logistics sector to address bottlenecks, inefficiencies and capacity shortages.
• Includes coordination on port and rail infrastructure, cargo flow, shared investment in facilities, and optimisation of key feeder road corridors.

This webinar is an excellent opportunity to gain insight into how these exemptions may affect your operations, and to hear from leading competition law and industry experts

Expert Panel: Anthony Norton, Anton Roets, Nina Greyling from Nortons Inc and Nicole Kar from Paul Weiss.

Click here to watch: www.nortonsinc.com