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89/44/EEC: Commission Decision of 12 December 1988 relating… Article 1

89/44/EEC: Commission Decision of 12 December 1988 relating… Article 1

Article 1

The following constitute an infringement of Article 85 (1) of the EEC Treaty to the extent that they cover the book trade between Member States: (a) the Net Book Agreements, 1957, concluded within the framework of the Publishers Association between the undertakings listed in Annexes I and II to this Decision, together with: (b) the decisions of the Publishers Association concerning discounts to libraries and book agents and quantity discounts; (c) the so-called code of allowances established and published by the Publishers Association; (d) the book club regulations of the Publishers Association; (e) the decisions of the Publishers Association concerning the conditions governing the annual national book sale; (f) the decision of the Publishers Association concerning the conditions for mentioning booksellers in the directory of booksellers.

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