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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/1148/article/2/made</dc:identifier><dc:title>The Competition Act 1998 (Football Broadcasting Rights) (Public Policy Exclusion) Order 2021</dc:title><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher>King's Printer of Acts of Parliament</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2021-10-14</dc:modified><dc:subject scheme="SIheading">COMPETITION</dc:subject>
					<dc:description>This Order excludes from the Chapter I prohibition in the Competition Act 1998 (c. 41) specified agreements or decisions relating to the renewal of existing football broadcasting rights agreements between the Football Association Premier League Limited (“the Premier League”) and broadcasters, and excludes from the Chapter II prohibition conduct relating to the renewal of those agreements. The Chapter I prohibition precludes agreements between undertakings, decisions by associations of undertakings or concerted practices which may affect trade within the United Kingdom and which have as their object or effect the prevention, restriction or distortion of competition within the United Kingdom. The Chapter II prohibition precludes conduct on the part of one or more undertakings which amounts to abuse of a dominant position in a market if it may affect trade within the United Kingdom. The Secretary of State, where satisfied that there are exceptional and compelling reasons of public policy for doing so, may exclude an agreement, decision or concerted practice, or an agreement, decision or concerted practice of a particular description, from the Chapter I prohibition, and specified conduct from the Chapter II prohibition.</dc:description>
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<Text>In this Order—</Text>
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<Para><Text>“2022 to 2025 football broadcasting rights” means rights to exploit in the United Kingdom the broadcasting of association football matches played as part of the 2022 to 2023, 2023 to 2024 and 2024 to 2025 Premier League football seasons;</Text>
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<Para><Text>“broadcast rights holder” means any of the following—</Text>
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<Para><Text>Amazon Media EU S.A.R.L., a company registered in Luxembourg (company number 112767) or Amazon Digital UK Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales (company number 06528297);</Text></Para>
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<Para><Text>the British Broadcasting Corporation, a Royal Charter company (company number RC000057);</Text></Para>
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<Para><Text>British Telecommunications Public Limited Company, a company incorporated in England and Wales (company number 01800000);</Text></Para>
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<Para><Text>Sky UK Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales (company number 02906991);</Text></Para>
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<Para><Text>“the Football Association Premier League” means the Football Association Premier League Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales (company number 02719699);</Text>
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<Para><Text>“football broadcasting rights agreement” means any of the following—</Text>
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<Para><Text>the agreement dated 6th June 2018 between the Football Association Premier League and the British Broadcasting Corporation in relation to the Free-to-Air Highlights Package for exploitation in the United Kingdom during the 2019 to 2020, 2020 to 2021 and 2021 to 2022 Premier League football seasons;</Text></Para>
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<Para><Text>the agreement dated 14th June 2018 between the Football Association Premier League and Sky UK Limited in relation to Live Packages B, C, D and E for exploitation in the United Kingdom during the 2019 to 2020, 2020 to 2021 and 2021 to 2022 Premier League football seasons;</Text></Para>
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<Para><Text>the agreement dated 14th June 2018 between the Football Association Premier League and Amazon Media EU S.A.R.L. in relation to Live Package F for exploitation in the United Kingdom during the 2019 to 2020, 2020 to 2021 and 2021 to 2022 Premier League football seasons;</Text></Para>
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<Para><Text>the agreement dated 19th June 2018 between the Football Association Premier League and British Telecommunications Public Limited Company in relation to Live Package A and Live Package G for exploitation in the United Kingdom during the 2019 to 2020, 2020 to 2021 and 2021 to 2022 Premier League football seasons;</Text></Para>
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<Para><Text>the agreement dated 19th February 2019 between the Football Association Premier League and Sky UK Limited in relation to the Near Live Package for exploitation in the United Kingdom during the 2019 to 2020, 2020 to 2021 and 2021 to 2022 Premier League football seasons;</Text></Para>
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<Para><Text>“Free-to-Air Highlights Package” means the package of audio-visual rights to association football matches played as part of a Premier League football season which principally includes the right to broadcast and make available on a free-to-air basis programmes featuring edited highlights of association football matches;</Text>
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<Para><Text>“Live Package A” means the package of live and associated audio-visual rights to 32 association football matches each Premier League football season played at weekends as part of the season and selected by the licensee using the pick priorities in the package;</Text>
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<Para><Text>“Live Packages B, C, D and E” means the packages of live and associated audio-visual rights, each of which includes rights to broadcast 32 association football matches each Premier League football season played at weekends or on Friday or Monday evenings as part of the season and selected by the licensee using the pick priorities in each of those packages;</Text>
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<Para><Text>“Live Package F” means the package of live and associated audio-visual rights to 20 association football matches each Premier League football season played as part of one midweek and one bank holiday fixture programme included in the season;</Text>
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<Para><Text>“Live Package G” means the package of live and associated audio-visual rights to 20 association football matches each Premier League football season, at least 15 of which are played as part of two midweek fixture programmes included in the season;</Text>
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<Para><Text>“Near Live Package” means the package of audio-visual rights which principally includes—</Text>
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<Para><Text>the right to make delayed and on-demand long-form transmission of 180 association football matches played as part of each Premier League football season which are not included in any of Live Package A, Live Packages B, C, D and E, Live Package F or Live Package G, and</Text></Para>
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<Para><Text>the right to make available clips of all 380 association football matches played as part of each Premier League football season by means of the internet;</Text></Para>
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<Para><Text>“Premier League club” means a football club which is for the time being a member of the Football Association Premier League;</Text>
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<Para><Text>“Premier League football season” means an association football competition, generally running from August in one year to May in the next, in which each Premier League club usually plays each other Premier League club twice, once at their own home ground and once at the home ground of the other Premier League club.</Text>
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