Competition, vertical restrictions: amend. regul. 17/62/EEC, 1st regulation implementing art. 85 and 86, EC Treaty

PURPOSE : to make more flexible the regime relating to notifications as provided for by Regulation No 17 (application of Articles 81 and 82 of the Treaty). COMMUNITY MEASURE : Council Regulation 1216/1999/EC amending Regulation No 17, the first regulation implementing Articles 81 and 82 of the Treaty. CONTENT : the Council Regulation extends the exemption from notification which is in Article 4(2) of Regulation No 17, by replacing the existing text by a new measure which provides that all the Agreements concluded between two or more undertakings, each operating, for the purposes of the agreement, at a different level of production or distribution chain, and which relate to the conditions under which the parties may purchase, sell or resell certain goods or services or concerning the commercialisation of services are exempted from the requirement of notification foreseen in paragraph 1 of the same Article. ENTRY INTO FORCE : 18/06/1999.�