The long-awaited FAQs on the block exemption have been published today, perhaps as a late birthday present for me: the press release is at http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/12/915&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en.
I'll post a commentary on them as soon as I have a chance to get my head round them. Only 12 pages, 18 questions, not including the most frequently-asked question of all ("When will the FAQs be published?") which they nevertheless answer ... There must be a lot of questions that have not been asked sufficiently often, as I'm sure there are more than 18 questions calling for answers.