ABSTRACT

Within the provisions of this treaty, and without prejudice to any special provisions contained therein, any discrimination on grounds of nationality shall be prohibited ...

85(1) The following practices shall be prohibited as incompatible with the Common Market: all agreements between undertakings, all decisions by associations of undertakings and all concerted practices, which may affect trade between Member States and the object or effect of which is to prevent, restrict or distort competition within the Common Market, and in particular those which amount to:

(a) the direct or indirect fixing of purchase or selling prices or of any other trading conditions;

(b) the limiting or controlling of production, markets, technical development or capital investment;

(c) the sharing of markets or sources of supply;

(d) applying, in relation to customers in the trade, unequal conditions in respect of equivalent transactions, placing them thereby at a competitive disadvantage;

(e) making the conclusion of contracts subject to acceptance by the other parties of supplementary obligations, which, by their nature or according to commercial practice, have no connection with the subject of such contracts.