Nevertheless. the provisions of paragraph 1 may be declared inapplicable in the case of: — any agreements or classes of agreements between enterprises, — any decisions or classes of decisions by associations of enterprises, and — any concerted practices or classes of concerted practices which contribute to the improvement of the production or distribution of goods or to the promotion of technical or economic progress while reserving to users an equitable share in the profit resulting therefrom, and which: (a) neither impose on the enterprises concerned any restrictions not indispensable to the attainment of the above objectives; (b) nor enable such enterprises to eliminate competition in respect of a substantial proportion of the goods concerned.
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