Article 12 Withdrawal in individual casesF1
United Kingdom
The Commission may withdraw the benefit of this Regulation, in accordance with Article 29 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 f1 , where it finds in a particular case that an agreement, decision by an association of undertakings or concerted practice to which Article 3 or Article 13(1) of this Regulation apply nevertheless has certain effects which are incompatible with Article 81(3) in particular where:
in a given trade, competition from outside the conference within which the consortium operates or from outside a particular consortium is not effective;
a consortium fails repeatedly to comply with the obligations provided for in Article 9 of this Regulation;
such effects result from an arbitration award.
Where, in any particular case, an agreement, decision by an association of undertakings or concerted practice referred to in paragraph 1 has effects which are incompatible with Article 81(3) of the Treaty in the territory of a Member State, or in a part thereof, which has all the characteristics of a distinct geographic market, the competition authority of that Member State may withdraw the benefit of this Regulation in respect of that territory.