Council Regulation (EC) No 1184/2006 of 24 July 2006 applying certain rules of competition to the production of, and trade in, agricultural products (Codified version)
Article 1
This Regulation lays down rules concerning the applicability of Articles 101 to 106 and of Article 108(1) and (3) of the Treaty on the functioning of the European Union (TFEU) in relation to production of, or trade in, the products listed in Annex I to the TFEU with the exception of the products covered by Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 (4) and Regulation (EU) No 1379/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (5).
Article 1a
Articles 81 to 86 of the Treaty and provisions made for their implementation shall, subject to Article 2 of this Regulation, apply to all agreements, decisions and practices referred to in Articles 81(1) and 82 of the Treaty which relate to the production of, or trade in, the products referred to in Article 1.
Article 2
In particular, it shall not apply to agreements, decisions and practices of farmers, farmers' associations, or associations of such associations belonging to a single Member State which concern the production or sale of agricultural products or the use of joint facilities for the storage, treatment or processing of agricultural products, and under which there is no obligation to charge identical prices, unless the Commission finds that competition is thereby excluded or that the objectives of Article 33 of the Treaty are jeopardised.
The Commission shall so determine either on its own initiative or at the request of a competent authority of a Member State or of an interested undertaking or association of undertakings.
Article 3
Article 88 (1) and of the first sentence of Article 88(3) of the Treaty shall apply to aid granted for the production of, or trade in, the products referred to in Article 1.
Article 4
Regulation No 26 shall be repealed.
References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex II.
Article 5
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
ANNEX I
| Council Regulation No 26 | (OJ 30, 20.4.1962, p. 993/62) |
|---|---|
| Council Regulation No 49 | (OJ 53, 1.7.1962, p. 1571/62) Only Article 1(1)(g) |
ANNEX II
| Regulation No 26 | This Regulation |
|---|---|
| Article 1 | Article 1 |
| Article 2(1) | Article 2(1) |
| Article 2(2) | Article 2(2), first subparagraph |
| Article 2(3) | Article 2(2), second subparagraph |
| Article 2(4) | Article 2(3) |
| Article 3 | — |
| Article 4 | Article 3 |
| — | Article 4 |
| Article 5 | Article 5 |
| — | Annex I |
| — | Annex II |
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