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Council Regulation (EC) No 1216/1999 of 10 June 1999 amending Regulation No 17: first Regulation implementing Articles 81 and 82 of the Treaty · European Union

(4) Whereas any such reform must meet the two requirements of ensuring effective protection of competition and providing adequate legal certainty for firms; whereas, in order to achieve these objectives, the Commission has been empowered by the Council to declare, by regulation and in accordance with Article 81(3) of the Treaty, that Article 81(1) is not applicable to categories of vertical agreements;

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