| Article 7 |
| Withdrawal The Commission may withdraw the benefit of this Regulation, pursuant to Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2821/71, where, either on its own initiative or at the request of a Member State or of a natural or legal person claiming a legitimate interest, it finds in a particular case that a research and development agreement to which the exemption provided for in Article 1 applies nevertheless has effects which are incompatible with the conditions laid down in Article 81(3) of the Treaty, and in particular where: (a) the existence of the research and development agreement substantially restricts the scope for third parties to carry out research and development in the relevant field because of the limited research capacity available elsewhere; (b) because of the particular structure of supply, the existence of the research and development agreement substantially restricts the access of third parties to the market for the contract products; (c) without any objectively valid reason, the parties do not exploit the results of the joint research and development; (d) the contract products are not subject in the whole or a substantial part of the common market to effective competition from identical products or products considered by users as equivalent in view of their characteristics, price and intended use; (e) the existence of the research and development agreement would eliminate effective competition in research and development on a particular market. |