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  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 19 July 2004 declaring a concentration compatible with the common market and the functioning of the EEA Agreement (Case No COMP/M.3333 — SONY/BMG) (notified under document number C(2004) 2815) (Only the English text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (2005/188/EC)",
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  "number": "(23)",
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  "text": "As to retaliation, the Commission explored whether majors could retaliate against any ‘cheating’ major, in particular by a (temporary) return to competitive behaviour or by exclusion of the deviator from compilation joint ventures and agreements. However, the Commission has not found sufficient evidence that such retaliation mechanisms have been applied or used as a threat in the past.",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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