Legal provisions of COM(1998)546-2 - Amendment of Regulation No 17: First Regulation implementing Articles 85 and 86 of the Treaty

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dossier COM(1998)546-2 - Amendment of Regulation No 17: First Regulation implementing Articles 85 and 86 of the Treaty.
document COM(1998)546 EN
date June 10, 1999


Contents

Article 1

Point 2 of Article 4(2) of Regulation No 17 shall be replaced by the following: "2. (a) the agreements or concerted practices are entered into by two or more undertakings, each operating, for the purposes of the agreement, at a different level of the production or distribution chain, and relate to the conditions under which the parties may purchase, sell or resell certain goods or services;

(b) not more than two undertakings are party thereto, and the agreements only impose restrictions on the exercise of the rights of the assignee or user of industrial property rights, in particular patents, utility models, designs or trade marks, or of the person entitled under a contract to the assignment, or grant, of the right to use a method of manufacture or knowledge relating to the use and to the application of industrial processes".

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.


This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.