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1 . POLICY OF THE EEC - RULES ON COMPETITION - RESTRICTIVE AGREEMENTS - STANDARD CONTRACT - NOTIFICATION - APPLICATION EXTENDED TO CONTRACTS IN IDENTICAL TERMS

( REGULATION NO 17 OF THE COUNCIL, ARTICLE 5 )

2 . POLICY OF THE EEC - RULES ON COMPETITION - RESTRICTIVE AGREEMENTS - STANDARD CONTRACT CONCLUDED BEFORE THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF REGULATION NO 17 AND DULY NOTIFIED - AGREEMENTS IN IDENTICAL TERMS - PROVISIONAL VALIDITY

( REGULATION NO 17 OF THE COUNCIL, ARTICLE 5 )

3 . POLICY OF THE EEC - RULES ON COMPETITION - RESTRICTIVE AGREEMENTS - AGREEMENT CONCLUDED BEFORE THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF REGULATION NO 17 AND DULY NOTIFIED - PROVISIONAL VALIDITY NOT AFFECTED BY A CLAUSE IMPOSED ON RETAILERS PROHIBITING EXPORTS

( REGULATION NO 17 OF THE COUNCIL, ARTICLE 5 )

4 . POLICY OF THE EEC - RULES ON COMPETITION - AGREEMENT CONCLUDED BETWEEN TWO UNDERTAKINGS BEFORE THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF REGULATION NO 17 - NOTIFICATION AS A STANDARD CONTRACT WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION II OF FORM B ANNEXED TO REGULATION NO 27/62 - DESIGNATION AS AGREEMENT BETWEEN TWO UNDERTAKINGS NOT AFFECTED BY INCLUSION IN A SYSTEM OF PARALLEL CONTRACTS

( REGULATION NO 17 OF THE COUNCIL, ARTICLE 5 )

Summary

1 . NOTIFICATION OF A STANDARD CONTRACT IS SUFFICIENT FOR THE PURPOSES OF NOTIFICATION IN THE CASE OF CONTRACTS IN IDENTICAL TERMS CONCLUDED BY ONE AND THE SAME UNDERTAKING AND THE LATTER ARE, ACCORDINGLY, ENTITLED TO ENJOY THE ADVANTAGES ARISING FROM NOTIFICATION .

2 . AGREEMENTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 85 ( 1 ) OF THE TREATY, CONCLUDED AFTER ENTRY INTO FORCE OF REGULATION NO 17/62, WHICH ARE EXACT REPRODUCTIONS OF A STANDARD CONTRACT PREVIOUSLY CONCLUDED AND DULY NOTIFIED QUALIFY FOR THE SAME SYSTEM OF PROVISIONAL VALIDITY AS THE LATTER .

3 . A CLAUSE PROHIBITING EXPORTS, IMPOSED ON RETAILERS WHO ARE ALREADY PROHIBITED FROM SELLING TO PERSONS OTHER THAN DIRECT CONSUMERS, IS NOT CAPABLE OF AFFECTING THE FULL EFFECT OF THE PROVISIONAL VALIDITY OF AN AGREEMENT REGARDED AS HAVING BEEN DULY NOTIFIED .

4 . FOR THE PURPOSES OF ARTICLE 5 OF REGULATION NO 17/62, AS AMENDED BY ARTICLE 1 OF REGULATION NO 59/62, CONTRACTS WHICH EXISTED WHEN REGULATION NO 17/62 ENTERED INTO FORCE, WERE CONCLUDED BETWEEN TWO UNDERTAKINGS AND WERE NOTIFIED AS STANDARD CONTRACTS WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION II OF FORM B ANNEXED TO REGULATION NO 27/62 MUST BE TREATED AS AGREEMENTS TO WHICH NOT MORE THAN TWO UNDERTAKINGS ARE PARTIES, EVEN IF THEY FORM PART OF A SYSTEM OF PARALLEL CONTRACTS .