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1 . COMMUNITY ADMINISTRATION - AUTHORIZATION TO SIGN - PERMISSIBILITY

( PROVISIONAL RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE COMMISSION, ARTICLE 27 )

2 . COMPETITION - CARTELS - PRICE-FIXING - TARGET PRICES - CLAUSES RESTRICTING OTHER TRADING CONDITIONS - INTERFERENCE WITH COMPETITION WITHIN THE COMMON MARKET

( EEC TREATY, ARTICLE 85 )

3 . COMPETITION - PURELY NATIONAL CARTEL - EFFECTS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY OF A MEMBER STATE - INFLUENCE ON TRADE BETWEEN MEMBER STATES - INCOMPATIBILITY WITH THE TREATY

( EEC TREATY, ARTICLE 85 )

Summary

1 . AN AUTHORIZATION TO SIGN CONSTITUTES A MEASURE CONCERNING THE INTERNAL ORGANIZATION OF THE SERVICES OF THE COMMISSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 27 OF THE PROVISIONAL RULES OF PROCEDURE ADOPTED UNDER ARTICLE 7 OF THE TREATY OF 8 APRIL 1965 ESTABLISHING A SINGLE COUNCIL AND A SINGLE COMMISSION .

2 . THE FIXING OF PRICES, EVEN THOSE WHICH MERELY CONSTITUTE A TARGET, AFFECTS COMPETITION BECAUSE SUCH TARGET PRICES ENABLE ALL THE PARTICIPANTS IN A CARTEL TO PREDICT WITH A REASONABLE DEGREE OF CERTAINTY WHAT THE PRICING POLICY PURSUED BY THEIR COMPETITORS WILL BE .

3 . AN AGREEMENT EXTENDING OVER THE WHOLE OF THE TERRITORY OF A MEMBER STATE BY ITS VERY NATURE HAS THE EFFECT OF REINFORCING THE COMPARTMENTALIZATION OF MARKETS ON A NATIONAL BASIS, THEREBY HOLDING UP THE ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION WHICH THE TREATY IS DESIGNED TO BRING ABOUT AND PROTECTING DOMESTIC PRODUCTION .