The Competition Act 1998 and Other Enactments (Amendment) Regulations 2004 (Version in vigour from 2020-12-31 to )
Currency | No known outstanding effects |
Coming into Force | 31 December 2020 |
- “(8) In this section— “exempt agreement” means an agreement which is exempt from the Chapter I prohibition as a result of section 9; and“specified” means specified in a block exemption order.
- (2) In any proceedings in which it is alleged that the Chapter I prohibition is being or has been infringed by an agreement, any undertaking or association of undertakings claiming the benefit of subsection (1) shall bear the burden of proving that the conditions of that subsection are satisfied.
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- (b) because of a decision of the Commission under Article 10 of the EC Competition Regulation.
- “(1) In any of the following cases, the OFT may conduct an investigation.
- (2) The first case is where there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that there is an agreement which—
- (a) may affect trade within the United Kingdom; and
- (b) has as its object or effect the prevention, restriction or distortion of competition within the United Kingdom.
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