ARE AT THE DISPOSAL OF MANUFACTURERS AND IMPORTERS FOR ATTRACTING CUSTOMERS . FUTHERMORE , IT MUST BE BORNE IN MIND IN THIS CONNECTION THAT THEIR DEALERS , APART FROM HAVING DIRECT DAILY CONTACT WITH THE MAJORITY OF POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS , REMAIN FREE TO PARTICIPATE AT ANY EXHIBITION OR FAIR THEY WISH AND THEIR PROMOTION ACTIVITIES WILL ULTIMATELY CONTRIBUTE TO MAINTAINING A HIGH DEGREE OF COMPETITION BETWEEN MANUFACTURERS AND BETWEEN IMPORTERS .
AS FAR AS COMPETITION BETWEEN ORGANIZERS OF EXHIBITIONS IS CONCERNED IT IS ONLY MODERATELY AFFECTED BY THE EXHIBITION AGREEMENT . ANY ORGANIZER WHO WISHES TO ARRANGE AN EXHIBITION , IN THE YEARS OTHER THAN THOSE OF SMM AND T EXHIBITIONS , IS FREE TO DO SO . EVEN IN YEARS WHEN THE SMM AND T HOLDS ITS OWN INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS ONLY ORGANIZERS OF EXHIBITIONS WHICH ARE LIKELY TO PREJUDICE THE IMPACT OF THE SMM AND T'S INTERNATIONAL EVENTS WILL BE PREVENTED FROM ATTRACTING THE PARTICIPATION OF MANUFACTURERS AND IMPORTERS . FINALLY , IT SHOULD BE BORNE IN MIND ALSO IN THIS CONNECTION THAT DEALERS REMAIN FREE TO PARTICIPATE ON THEIR OWN ACCOUNT AT ANY EXHIBITION AND ANY TIME THEY WISH , ALTHOUGH THEY CANNOT COUNT , IN THE YEARS WHEN THE SMM AND T ORGANIZES ITS INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS , ON ECONOMIC SUPPORT BY THE SIGNATORIES OF THE AGREEMENT .
( 23 ) SINCE ALL THE REQUIREMENTS OF ARTICLE 85 ( 3 ) ARE THEREFORE SATISFIED , IT IS POSSIBLE TO GRANT AN EXEMPTION TO THE EXHIBITION AGREEMENT CURRENTLY APPLIED BY THE SMM AND T .
C . APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLES 6 , 7 AND 8 OF REGULATION NO 17
ACCORDING TO ARTICLE 8 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION NO 17 , A DECISION IN APPLICATION OF ARTICLE 85 ( 3 ) IS TO BE ISSUED FOR A SPECIFIC PERIOD AND CONDITIONS AND OBLIGATIONS MAY BE ATTACHED THERETO . IN ADDITION , UNDER ARTICLE 8 ( 2 ) OF THE SAID REGULATION THE COMMISSION HAS A DUTY TO ENSURE THAT THE REQUIREMENTS OF ARTICLE 85 ( 3 ) CONTINUE TO BE SATISFIED .
( 24 ) THE EXHIBITION AGREEMENT WHICH HAD BEEN USED BY THE SMM AND T FOR A LONG TIME BEFORE 1 JANUARY 1973 WHEN THE UNITED KINGDOM BECAME A MEMBER OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY WAS NOTIFIED TO THE COMMISSION ON 25 JUNE 1973 .
HOWEVER , IT WAS NOT UNTIL 1977 WHEN THE EXHIBITION AGREEMENT INFLUENCED THE " MOTORFAIR 1977 " ORGANIZED BY EARLS COURT AND 1979 WHEN THE APPLICATION BY THE SMM AND T OF THE EXHIBITION AGREEMENT LED TO THE CANCELLATION OF " MOTORFAIR 1979 " THAT THE FULL EFFECT OF THE RESTRICTIVE ELEMENTS OF THE EXHIBITION AGREEMENT IN ITS ORIGINAL FORM BECAME MANIFEST AND GAVE RISE TO A COMPLAINT , AND TO ACTION ON THE PART OF THE COMMISSION .
( 25 ) FOLLOWING INTERVENTION BY THE COMMISSION THE SMM AND T IN FULL COOPERATION WITH THE COMMISSION HAS MODIFIED THE EXHIBITION AGREEMENT IN SUCH A MANNER AS TO SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS OF