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UK House of Lords Sets Limits on Application of EU Antitrust Law

By Mark Abell
September 28, 2006

The decision by the House of Lords in Inntrepreneurs Pub Company v. Crehan concerning the Inntrepreneur chain of franchised pubs and its exclusive supply of beer under the franchise agreement is the latest and probably final step in a long-standing dispute about the consequences of the infringement of European Competition Law by a franchise (or indeed other) agreement. It concluded that damages can be awarded for breach of Article 81(1) of the Treaty of Rome ' the EU's antitrust law ' but should not be awarded in this particular case.

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