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2 THE CONTESTED DECISION RELATES TO THE ' ' AGREEMENT CONCERNING THE USE OF THE NAVEWA-ANSEAU CONFORMITY LABEL FOR WASHING MACHINES AND DISHWASHERS ' ' ( HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS ' ' THE AGREEMENT ' ' ) CONCLUDED ON 13 DECEMBER 1978 BETWEEN MANUFACTURERS AND SOLE IMPORTERS AFFILIATED TO CERTAIN TRADE ORGANIZATIONS IN BELGIUM , NAMELY THE COMMUNAUTE DE L ' ELECTRICITE ( ELECTRICITY BOARD , HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS ' ' THE CEG ' ' ), THE FEDERATION DU COMMERCE DE L ' APPAREILLAGE ELECTRIQUE ( FEDERATION OF TRADERS IN ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES , HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS ' ' THE FCAE ' ' ) AND THE UNION DES FOURNISSEURS DES ARTISANS DE L ' ALIMENTATION ( UNION OF CATERING SUPPLIERS , HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS ' ' UFARAL ' ' ) ON THE ONE HAND , AND THE ASSOCIATION NATIONALE DES SERVICES D ' EAU ( NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WATER SUPPLIES , HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS ' ' ANSEAU ' ' ), A NON-PROFIT-MAKING ASSOCIATION COMPOSED OF 31 WATER-SUPPLY UNDERTAKINGS , ON THE OTHER HAND .
3 THE PURPOSE OF THE AGREEMENT IS TO MONITOR THE CONFORMITY OF WASHING MACHINES AND DISHWASHERS WITH THE TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS PRESCRIBED FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE QUALITY OF DRINKING WATER BY THE ROYAL DECREES OF 24 APRIL 1965 AND 6 MAY 1966 . THOSE DECREES PROVIDE THAT ONLY APPLIANCES WHICH ARE EQUIPPED WITH CERTAIN DEVICES AND WHICH SATISFY THE RELEVANT BELGIAN STANDARDS MAY BE CONNECTED TO THE WATER-SUPPLY SYSTEM . THE WATER-SUPPLY UNDERTAKINGS WHOSE COMMON INTERESTS ARE REPRESENTED BY ANSEAU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING COMPLIANCE WITH THOSE RULES .
4 THE AGREEMENT , WHICH REPLACED A SYSTEM OF CHECKS BASED ON LISTS SETTING OUT THE TYPES OF APPLIANCES RECOGNIZED AS CONFORMING TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE AFORESAID DECREES , PROVIDES FOR CHECKS TO BE CARRIED OUT ON APPLIANCES BY THE USE OF CONFORMITY LABELS . UNDER THE AGREEMENT , CONFORMITY LABELS ARE TO BE DISTRIBUTED BY THE CEG WHICH , FOR THOSE PURPOSES , ACTS AS THE REPRESENTATIVE OF ALL THE CONTRACTING PARTIES . FOR ITS PART , ANSEAU IS REQUIRED BY THE AGREEMENT TO ENSURE THAT THE MACHINES PLACED IN COMMERCIAL DISTRIBUTION BEAR THE CONFORMITY LABEL . WHERE ANSEAU ESTABLISHES THAT A MACHINE DOES NOT BEAR THE CONFORMITY LABEL , IT MUST INFORM THE DEALER IN QUESTION THAT THE MACHINE DOES NOT SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS FOR CONNECTION TO THE WATER-SUPPLY SYSTEM . ANSEAU IS ALSO BOUND TO ADVISE ITS MEMBERS TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE TERMS AND PURPOSE OF THE AGREEMENT AND TO INFORM CONSUMERS THEREOF . OTHERS MAY BECOME PARTIES TO THE AGREEMENT , PROVIDED THAT THEY ARE ALSO MANUFACTURERS OR SOLE IMPORTERS .
5 THE AGREEMENT WAS IMPLEMENTED IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE CEG , WHICH ALONE WAS AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE THE LABELS , SUPPLIED THEM ONLY TO OFFICIAL MANUFACTURERS AND IMPORTERS AND REQUESTED DEALERS WISHING TO OBTAIN THE LABELS EITHER TO PRODUCE PROOF OF THEIR STATUS AS SOLE IMPORTERS OR TO APPOINT A SOLE IMPORTER IN BELGIUM