Keywords
Summary

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Competition - Community rules - National legislation on the price of booksi - Compatibility - Conditions

( EEC Treaty, Art . 3 ( f ), Art . 5, second paragraph, and Articles 85 and 86 )

Summary

As Community law stands, the second paragraph of Article 5 of the EEC Treaty, in conjunction with Articles 3 ( f ) and 85 and 86, does not prohibit Member States from enacting legislation whereby the retail price of books must be fixed by the publisher or importer thereof and is binding on all retailers, provided that such legislation is consonant with the other specific provisions of the Treaty, in particular those relating to the free movement of goods .