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This 2012 edition includes key recent developments such as the Commission Regulation (EU) No 1217/2010 on the application of Article 101(3) to certain categories of research and development agreements; Commission Regulation (EU) No 1218/2010 on the application of Article 101(3) to certain categories of specialisation agreements and the new Guidelines on the applicability of Article 101 to horizontal cooperation agreements.