Article 2 Prescribed provisions of Community law

For the purposes of the meaning of “Commission investigation” given in section 61(1) of the Competition Act 1998 each of the following is a prescribed provision of Community law relating to Article 85 or 86^f1—

(i)

Article 14 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 17/62 the First Regulation implementing Articles 85 and 86 of the Treaty^f2;

(ii)

Article 21 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1017/68 applying rules of competition to transport by rail, road and inland waterway^f3;

(iii)

Article 18 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 4056/86 laying down detailed rules for the application of Articles 85 and 86 of the Treaty to maritime transport^f4; and

(iv)

Article 11 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 3975/87 laying down the procedure for the application of the rules on competition to undertakings in the air transport sector^f5.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Article 85 was renumbered Article 81 and Article 86 was renumbered Article 82 as a result of Article 12 of the Treaty signed at Amsterdam on 2nd October 1997 amending the Treaty on European Union, the Treaties establishing the European Communities and certain related Acts.
f2: OJ No. L13, 21.2.62, p. 204 (OJ/SE 1959–62, p. 87).
f3: OJ No. L175, 22.7.68, p. 1 (OJ/SE 1968(I), p. 302).
f4: OJ No. L378, 31.12.86, p. 4.
f5: OJ No. L374, 31.12.87, p. 1.