{"id":262,"date":"2025-11-14T08:16:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T08:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cc.adresstaging.com\/?page_id=262"},"modified":"2025-11-14T08:57:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T08:57:17","slug":"prohibitions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cc.adresstaging.com\/index.php\/prohibitions\/","title":{"rendered":"Prohibitions"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"bde-section-262-100 bde-section\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"section-container\"><div class=\"bde-columns-262-101 bde-columns\"><div class=\"bde-column-262-102 bde-column\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"oxy-container-225-101 oxy-container menu-header\"><h5 class=\"bde-heading-225-102 bde-heading\">\nAnti-Competitive Business Practices and Conduct<br>\n<\/h5><\/div>\n<div class=\"bde-wp-menu-262-104 bde-wp-menu\">\n\n\n      \n        \n    <nav class=\"breakdance-menu breakdance-menu--collapse breakdance-menu--vertical   \">\n    <button class=\"breakdance-menu-toggle 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menu-item-object-page menu-item-287 breakdance-menu-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cc.adresstaging.com\/index.php\/abuse-of-dominance\/\" class=\"breakdance-menu-link\">Abuse of Dominance<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-286\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-286 breakdance-menu-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cc.adresstaging.com\/index.php\/exemptions-and-exclusions\/\" class=\"breakdance-menu-link\">Exemptions and Exclusions<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-285\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-285 breakdance-menu-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cc.adresstaging.com\/index.php\/consequences\/\" class=\"breakdance-menu-link\">Consequences<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-284\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-284 breakdance-menu-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cc.adresstaging.com\/index.php\/request-for-authorization\/\" class=\"breakdance-menu-link\">Request for 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href=\"https:\/\/cc.adresstaging.com\/index.php\/acbp-statistics\/\" class=\"breakdance-menu-link\">ACBP Statistics<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-280\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-280 breakdance-menu-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cc.adresstaging.com\/index.php\/faqs\/\" class=\"breakdance-menu-link\">FAQs<\/a><\/li>\n\n  <\/ul>\n  <\/nav>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-column-262-103 bde-column\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"bde-heading-262-105 bde-heading\">\nAgreements Prohibited by the Regulations\n<\/h3><div class=\"bde-fancy-divider-262-106 bde-fancy-divider\">\n\n\n<div class=\"bde-fancy-divider__wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"bde-fancy-divider__separator   \">\n  \t  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div><div class=\"oxy-rich-text-262-107 oxy-rich-text paragraph\">\n<p>The Regulations prohibit agreements, decisions by the association of undertakings and concerted practices which may affect trade between Member States and have as their object or effect the prevention, restriction or distortion of competition within the Common Market. Whether a business conduct or arrangement is anti-competitive is assessed on the basis of its objective, or its effect on trade between Member States and competition, rather than its form. This means that verbal and informal \u2018gentlemen\u2019s agreements\u2019 are equally capable of being found to be anti-competitive as formal, written agreements.<\/p>\n<p>Some examples of the types of business arrangements which are generally prohibited under part 3 of the Regulations include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Agreements fixing prices, which agreements hinder or prevent the sale or supply or purchase of goods or services between persons, or limit or restrict the terms and conditions of sale or supply or purchase between persons, or limit or restrict the terms and conditions of sale or supply or purchase between persons engaged in the sale of purchased goods or services;<\/li>\n<li>Collusive tendering and bid-rigging;<\/li>\n<li>Market or customer allocation agreements;<\/li>\n<li>Allocation by quota as to sales and production;<\/li>\n<li>Collective action to enforce arrangements;<\/li>\n<li>Concerted refusals to supply goods or services to a potential purchaser, to purchase goods or services from a potential supplier;<\/li>\n<li>Collective denials of access to an arrangement or association which is crucial to competition<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These conducts between competitors are the most serious form of anti-competitive behaviour under Part 3 of the Regulations as they constitute hardcore cartels and carry the highest penalties<\/p>\n<\/div><h4 class=\"bde-heading-262-108 bde-heading\">\nRegulations\n<\/h4><div class=\"bde-fancy-divider-262-109 bde-fancy-divider\">\n\n\n<div class=\"bde-fancy-divider__wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"bde-fancy-divider__separator   \">\n  \t  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anti-Competitive Business Practices and Conduct Overview Prohibitions Abuse of Dominance Exemptions and Exclusions Consequences Request for Authorization What can I do? 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