17.12.86 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 324/5 
Amended proposal for a Council Regulation on the control of concentrations (') 
COM(86) 675 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 149 of 
the EEC Treaty on 2 December 1986) 
(86/C 324/05) 
The proposal submitted to the Council on 20 July 1973, as amended on 12 February 1982 and 
23 February 1984, is hereby amended as follows: 
ORIGINAL PROPOSAL NEW PROPOSAL 
Article 19 
Liaison with the authorities of the Member States Article 19 
Liaison with the authorities of the Member States 
1. The Commission shall forthwith transmit to the 
competent authorities of the Member States a copy of 
the notifications together with the most important 
documents lodged with the Commission pursuant to this 
Regulation. 1 to 4: Unchanged 
2. The Commission shall carry out the procedure set 
out in this Regulation in close and constant cooperation 
with the competent authorities of the Member States; 
such authorities shall have the right to express their views 
upon that procedure, and in particular to request the 
Commission to commence proceedings under Article 6. 
3. The Advisory Committee on Restrictive Practices 
and Monopolies shall be consulted prior to the taking of 
any decision under Articles 3, 13 and 14. 
4. The Advisory Committee shall consist of officials 
having responsibility for restrictive practices and 
monopolies. Each Member State shall appoint an official 
to represent it; he may be replaced by another official 
where he is unable to act. 5. Consultation shall take place at a meeting convened 
at the invitation of the Commission. A summary of the 
facts, together with the most important documents and a 
preliminary draft of the decision to be taken, shall be 
sent with the invitation. When seeking the opinion of the 
Advisory Committee, the Commission may set a time 
limit within which such opinion shall be given. 
5. Consultation shall take place, at a meeting 
convened at the invitation of the Commission, not earlier 
than 14 days following dispatch of the invitation. A 
summary of the facts, together with the most important 
documents and a preliminary draft of the decision to be 
taken, shall be sent with the invitation. 
6. The Committee may deliver an opinion even if 
certain members are absent and unrepresented. The 
outcome of the consultation shall be annexed to the draft 
decision. The minutes shall not be published. 6. The Advisory Committee shall not vote on the 
outcome of its deliberations. However, any of its 
members may ask for his opinion to be recorded in the 
minutes, which shall be annexed to the draft decision but 
shall not be published. 
0) OJ No C 92, 31. 10. 1973, p. 1. 
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ORIGINAL PROPOSAL NEW PROPOSAL 
7. If a majority of the members of the Advisory 7 and 8: Deleted. 
Committee opposes the draft Decision under Article 3 
(1), the Commission shall not adopt a decision until a 
period of 20 days has elapsed from the date on which 
the Advisory Committee was consulted. 
8. If, within the period laid down in the preceding 
paragraph, a Member State raises in the Council an 
objective which in its opinion should be considered as 
having priority, within the meaning of Article 1 (3), the 
Council shall meet within 30 days of the date of the 
request made by the Member State concerned. In that 
case the Commission shall take no decision until after 
the Council meeting, and shall take account of the policy 
guidelines which emerged in the course of the Council's 
deliberations. 
Amended proposal for a Council Regulation laying down detailed rules for the application of 
Articles 85 and 86 of the Treaty to maritime transport (') 
COM(86) 676 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 149 of 
the EEC Treaty on 2 December 1986) 
(86/C 324/06) 
The proposal submitted to the Council on 16 October 1981 is hereby amended as follows: 
ORIGINAL PROPOSAL NEW PROPOSAL 
Article 14 Article 14 
Liaison with the authorities of the Member States Liaison with the authorities of the Member States 
1. The Commission shall carry out the procedures 1 to 4: Unchanged 
provided for in this Regulation in close and constant 
liaison with the competent authorities of the Member 
States; these authorities shall have the right to express 
their views on such procedures. 
2. The Commission shall immediately forward to the 
competent authorities of the Member States copies of the 
complaints and applications, and of the most important 
documents sent to it or which it sends out in the course 
of such procedures. 
3. The Advisory Committee on Restrictive Practices 
and Monopolies in the Transport Industry established 
shall be consulted prior to the taking of any decision 
following upon a procedure under Article 9 or of any 
decision under the second subparagraph of Article 11 
(3), or under the second subparagraph of paragraph 4 of 
the same Article. The Advisory Committee shall also be 
consulted prior to adoption of the implementing 
provisions provided for in Article 27. 
O OJ No C 282, 5. 11. 1981, p. 4.