Article 210 Agreements and concerted practices of recognised interbranch organisations

F1Section 2(1) of the Competition Act 1998 shall not apply to agreements, decisions and concerted practices of interbranch organisations recognised under Article 157 of this Regulation with the object of carrying out the activities listed in point (c) of Article 157(1) and, for the milk and milk products sector, in point (c) of Article 157(3) of this Regulation, and, for the olive oil and table olives and tobacco sectors, in Article 162 of this Regulation.

Paragraph 1 shall apply provided that:

Where the F5Competition and Markets Authority finds that the agreements, decisions or concerted practices referred to in paragraph 1 are incompatible with F6any applicable legislation, it shall set out its finding F7....

The agreements, decisions and concerted practices referred to in paragraph 1 may not be put into effect before the lapse of the two-month period referred to in point (b) of the first subparagraph of paragraph 2.

Agreements, decisions and concerted practices shall in any case be declared incompatible with F8any applicable legislation if they:

If, following the expiry of the two-month period referred to in point (b) of the first subparagraph of paragraph 2, the F11Competition and Markets Authority finds that the conditions for applying paragraph 1 have not been met, it shallF12... take a decision declaring that F13section 2(1) of the Competition Act 1998 applies to the agreement, decision or concerted practice in question.

F14That decision of the Competition and Markets Authority shall not apply earlier than the date of its notification to the interbranch organisation concerned, unless that interbranch organisation has given incorrect information or abused the exemption provided for in paragraph 1.

In the case of multiannual agreements, the notification for the first year shall be valid for the subsequent years of the agreement. However, in that event, the F15Competition and Markets Authority mayF16... issue a finding of incompatibility at any time.

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