Schedule 3, paragraph 10

The Chapter 1 prohibition does not apply to an agreement to the extent that it is an agreement between the members of a recognised interbranch organisation that has the object of carrying out one or more specified activities, provided that the condition in sub-paragraph (2) is also met. This exclusion is referred to in this paragraph as the “RIBO exclusion”. The condition in this sub-paragraph is that the organisation has notified the agreement to the CMA and provided all further details required by the CMA, and— the CMA has decided that it is appropriate for the RIBO exclusion to apply, or within two months of the CMA receiving all the details it requires, the CMA has not decided that it is inappropriate for the RIBO exclusion to apply. In deciding whether it is appropriate for the RIBO exclusion to apply, the CMA must consider whether the benefit of the agreement to the specified activities of the recognised interbranch organisation outweighs any prevention, restriction or distortion of competition within the United Kingdom as a result of the agreement. The CMA may at any time give a direction to the effect that the RIBO exclusion no longer applies to a particular agreement. Sub-paragraphs (4) to (8) of paragraph 9 apply to a direction under this paragraph as they apply to a direction under paragraph 9. In this paragraph— “recognised interbranch organisation” means an organisation of agricultural businesses recognised under section 30 of the Agriculture Act 2020; “specified activities” means the activities specified in regulations under section 30(6)(e) of that Act.

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-09-04