{"id":266,"date":"2025-11-14T08:16:59","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T08:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cc.adresstaging.com\/?page_id=266"},"modified":"2025-11-17T09:15:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T09:15:38","slug":"exemptions-and-exclusions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cc.adresstaging.com\/index.php\/exemptions-and-exclusions\/","title":{"rendered":"Exemptions and Exclusions"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"bde-section-266-100 bde-section\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"section-container\"><div class=\"bde-columns-266-101 bde-columns\"><div class=\"bde-column-266-102 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-266-105 bde-wp-menu\">\n\n\n      \n        \n    <nav class=\"breakdance-menu breakdance-menu--collapse breakdance-menu--vertical   \">\n    <button class=\"breakdance-menu-toggle breakdance-menu-toggle--squeeze\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Menu\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"menu-105\">\n                  <span class=\"breakdance-menu-toggle-icon\">\n            <span class=\"breakdance-menu-toggle-lines\"><\/span>\n          <\/span>\n            <\/button>\n    \n  <ul class=\"breakdance-menu-list\" id=\"menu-105\">\n              \n  \n    <li id=\"menu-item-260\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-260 breakdance-menu-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cc.adresstaging.com\/index.php\/anti-competitive-business-practices-and-condusct\/\" class=\"breakdance-menu-link\">Overview<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-288\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-288 breakdance-menu-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cc.adresstaging.com\/index.php\/prohibitions\/\" class=\"breakdance-menu-link\">Prohibitions<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-287\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type 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 Authorization<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-283\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-283 breakdance-menu-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cc.adresstaging.com\/index.php\/what-can-i-do\/\" class=\"breakdance-menu-link\">What can I do?<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-261\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-261 breakdance-menu-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cc.adresstaging.com\/index.php\/file-a-competition-complaint\/\" class=\"breakdance-menu-link\">File a Competition Complaint<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-282\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-282 breakdance-menu-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cc.adresstaging.com\/index.php\/case-registry\/\" class=\"breakdance-menu-link\">Case Registry<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-281\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-281 breakdance-menu-item\"><a 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-266-103 bde-column\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"oxy-container-307-101 oxy-container\"><h4 class=\"bde-heading-307-102 bde-heading\">\nExemptions\n<\/h4><div class=\"bde-fancy-divider-307-103 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>\n<div class=\"oxy-text-266-107 oxy-text paragraph\">\nThe fact that an agreement is restrictive of competition does not mean that it is automatically prohibited unless it is a hardcore cartel as discussed above. Some agreements may be exempted from the Regulations should the firms involved demonstrate that there are efficiencies accruing from the conduct which outweigh the anticompetitive effects.<br><br>For example, an agreement between two pharmaceutical companies to develop a new drug together as opposed to independently is likely to be subject to Part 3 prohibition, as the two companies are working together instead of competing with each other. However, the benefits for consumers resulting from such cooperation may outweigh the anticompetitive effects. For instance, the combined investment in research and technology by the two firms may lead to the speed up of the invention of the drug and delivery to the market thus benefitting consumers.<br><br>With regard to the abuse of a dominant position, a firm\u2019s conduct may be exonerated because of some efficiency or other benefits which outweigh the anticompetitive effect of the abuse. For instance, a dominant company may be able to show that it has an objective justification for its refusal to supply to a particular customer or competitor such as the poor record of safeguarding intellectual property rights which would entail the protection of legitimate business interests. It would only be when such behaviour goes beyond what is necessary to protect the business interests that this would amount to abuse.\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? File a Competition Complaint Case Registry ACBP Statistics FAQs Exemptions The fact that an agreement is restrictive of competition does not mean that it is automatically prohibited unless it is a hardcore cartel as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oxygen_hide_in_design_set":false,"_oxygen_tags":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-266","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cc.adresstaging.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cc.adresstaging.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cc.adresstaging.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cc.adresstaging.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cc.adresstaging.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/cc.adresstaging.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":344,"href":"https:\/\/cc.adresstaging.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/266\/revisions\/344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cc.adresstaging.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}