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"REGULATION (EC) NO 1184/2006 APPLYING CERTAIN RULES OF COMPETITION TO THE PRODUCTION OF AND TRADE IN CERTAIN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS" [2014] ELECD 893; in VerLoren van Themaat , Weijer; Reuder, Berend (eds), "European Competition Law" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2014) 639

Book Title: European Competition Law

Editor(s): VerLoren van Themaat , Weijer; Reuder, Berend

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781783476862

Section: Chapter 17

Section Title: REGULATION (EC) NO 1184/2006 APPLYING CERTAIN RULES OF COMPETITION TO THE PRODUCTION OF AND TRADE IN CERTAIN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS

Number of pages: 18

Extract:

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REGULATION (EC) NO 1184/2006 APPLYING
CERTAIN RULES OF COMPETITION TO
THE PRODUCTION OF AND TRADE IN
CERTAIN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS*

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) NO 1184/2006 OF 24 JULY 2006 APPLYING
CERTAIN RULES OF COMPETITION TO THE PRODUCTION OF AND TRADE
IN CERTAIN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS (OJ 2006 L 214/7), LAST AMENDED
11 DECEMBER 2013 (OJ 2013 L 354/1)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular
Articles 36 and 37 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament.1

Whereas:

(1) The content of Council Regulation No 26 of 4 April 1962 applying certain rules
of competition to production of and trade in agricultural products2 has been
amended.3 In the interests of clarity and rationality the said Regulation should be
codified.
(2) By virtue of Article 36 of the Treaty one of the matters to be decided under the
common agricultural policy is whether the rules on competition laid down in the
Treaty are to apply to the production of, and trade in, agricultural products.
Accordingly, the provisions of this Regulation should be supplemented in the
light of developments in that policy.
(3) The rules on competition relating to the agreements, decisions and practices
referred to in Article 81 of the Treaty and to the abuse of dominant positions are
to be applied to the production of, and trade in, agricultural products, in so far as

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