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Lords Amendment: No. 25, in page 70, line 41, at end insert new Clause C—
C. In section 7 of the Act of 1956, before subsection (2) there shall be inserted the following subsections:—
(1A) In determining whether an agreement is an agreement to which this Part of this Act applies, where—
no account shall be taken of any such restriction which is accepted under the agreement by a body to which this subsection applies, whether that restriction is also accepted by any other party to the agreement or not.(1B) Subsection (IA) of this section applies to any body which, in accordance with Article 80 of the E.C.S.C. Treaty, constitutes an undertaking for the purposes of Articles 65 and 66 of that Treaty, and in that subsection "coal" and "steel" have the meanings assigned to them respectively Annex I to that Treaty."
§ Mr. EmeryI beg to move, That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said amendment.
This amendment has been introduced to meet representations made by the BSC and BISPA that the restrictive trade practices legislation could place them under greater restraint than their European counterparts and would thence put them at a disadvantage. The amendment would remove from the scope of the restrictive practices legislation agreements to which two or more coal, iron or steel undertakings are party and in which restrictions relating to steel products as defined in the Treaty of Paris are accepted by two or more such undertakings. The amendment seeks to ensure that the BSC and BISPA will be on 636 equal terms with those in Europe. It seems sensible to meet the requests of both the BSC and BISPA.
§ Question put and agreed to.