Article 81 EC Treaty

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Article 81 EC Treaty was a core provision of European Union competition law that prohibited anti-competitive agreements and concerted practices between undertakings affecting trade between Member States.

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Article 81 EC Treaty canonical 2

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf competition law rule ⓘ
provision of European Union competition law ⓘ
aimsToPrevent collusive tendering ⓘ
market-sharing agreements ⓘ
output limitation agreements ⓘ
price-fixing agreements ⓘ
allows exemptions for agreements improving production or distribution ⓘ
exemptions for agreements promoting technical or economic progress ⓘ
appliesIn Member States of the European Community ⓘ
appliesTo undertakings ⓘ
basedOn principle of undistorted competition in the common market ⓘ
codifiedIn primary EU law ⓘ
condition agreements must not eliminate competition in respect of a substantial part of the products in question ⓘ
consumers must receive a fair share of the resulting benefit ⓘ
restrictions must be indispensable to the attainment of benefits ⓘ
contains paragraph 1 ⓘ
paragraph 2 ⓘ
paragraph 3 ⓘ
enforcedBy European Commission ⓘ
enteredIntoForce 1 January 1958 ⓘ
field EU competition law ⓘ
interpretedBy Court of First Instance ⓘ
Court of Justice of the European Union ⓘ
language all official languages of the European Union ⓘ
legalEffect agreements infringing paragraph 1 are automatically void ⓘ
legalNature directly applicable rule of EU law ⓘ
legalSystem European Union law ⓘ
objective prevention of distortion of competition ⓘ
protection of competition in the internal market ⓘ
paragraph1Provides list of prohibited agreements and practices ⓘ
paragraph2Provides automatic nullity of prohibited agreements ⓘ
paragraph3Provides conditions for exemption ⓘ
partOf EC Treaty ⓘ
Treaty establishing the European Community ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Rome
previousNumbering Article 85 EEC Treaty ⓘ
prohibits anti-competitive agreements ⓘ
concerted practices ⓘ
decisions by associations of undertakings ⓘ
regulates agreements between undertakings ⓘ
concerted practices between undertakings ⓘ
relatedTo Article 82 EC Treaty ⓘ
replacedBy Article 101 TFEU ⓘ
requires effect on trade between Member States ⓘ
scope agreements affecting trade between Member States ⓘ
subjectMatter cartels ⓘ
decisions of trade associations ⓘ
horizontal agreements ⓘ
vertical agreements ⓘ
successorText Article 101 Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ
linked to: TFEU Article 101

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 → implements → Article 81 EC Treaty ⓘ
Article 82 EC Treaty → relatedTo → Article 81 EC Treaty ⓘ