The Ideal-Standard dealership agreement as notified on 6 January 1981 constitutes an infringement of Article 85 (1) of the EEC Treaty in so far at it:
(i) imposes on plumbing and sanitary ware wholesalers the obligation to supply Ideal plumbing fittings within the EEC only to plumbing contractors meeting all the statutory, and in particular commercial and training, requirements for installing plumbing systems; and
(ii) restricts the Ideal warrants on plumbing fittings to those installed by plumbing contractors.
The application for negative clearance or an exemption under Article 85 (3) of the EEC Treaty in respect of the Ideal dealership agreement notified on 6 January 1981 is hereby refused.
This Decision is addressed to Ideal-Standard GmbH, Euskirchener Strasse 80, D-5300 Bonn 1.
Done at Brussels, 10 December 1984.
For the Commission
Frans ANDRIESSEN
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ No 13, 21. 2. 1962, p. 204/62.
(2) OJ No 127, 20. 8. 1963, p. 2268/63.
(3) Pursuant to Article 21 (2) of Regulation No 17, business secrets are not published in the Official Journal.
