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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-906/article-4",
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  "legislation": "eur/2009/906",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 906/2009 of 28 September 2009 on the application of Article 81(3) of the Treaty to certain categories of agreements, decisions and concerted practices between liner shipping companies (consortia) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-906",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Hardcore restrictions",
  "text": "The exemption provided for in Article 3 shall not apply to a consortium which, directly or indirectly, in isolation or in combination with other factors under the control of the parties, has as its object:\n1.. the fixing of prices when selling liner shipping services to third parties;\n2.. the limitation of capacity or sales except for the capacity adjustments referred to in Article 3(2);\n3.. the allocation of markets or customers.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/906/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:51:14.894117+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}