PART IN OTHER EXHIBITIONS IN ITALY , SUCH AS REGIONAL EXHIBITIONS .
- COMPETITION IS FURTHERMORE RESTRICTED BETWEEN THESE DENTAL EQUIPMENT PRODUCERS' COMMERCIAL AGENTS , SINCE DISTRIBUTORS OF COMPETING PRODUCTS ARE PLACED ON A DIFFERENT COMPETITIVE FOOTING DEPENDING ON WHETHER THE DENTAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURER PREFERS TO EXHIBIT AT EXPO DENTAL OR AT OTHER EXHIBITIONS .
4 . COMPETITION COULD FURTHER BE RESTRICTED BY ARTICLE 10 ( 1 ) OF THE RULES , WHICH REQUIRES APPLICATIONS FOR ADMISSION TO EXPO DENTAL TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE FOR DECISION , SINCE REFUSAL TO ADMIT PRODUCTS OF A MANUFACTURER TO THE ONLY EXHIBITION OF THIS SCALE ORGANIZED EVERY 18 MONTHS IN ITALY WOULD PLACE THE MANUFACTURER OR HIS DISTRIBUTOR IN A DISADVANTAGEOUS POSITION COMPARED WITH THIS COMPETITORS . IN THE PAST , HOWEVER , THIS RULE HAS NEVER BEEN APPLIED ARBITRARILY . IT IS NEVERTHELESS NECESSARY TO ENSURE THAT FOR THE FUTURE ALSO THE EXERCISE OF THIS PREROGATIVE BY THE EXPO DENTAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE , WHICH THEY DO NOT HAVE TO JUSTIFY AND AGAINST WHICH THERE IS NO APPEAL , WILL NOT LEAD TO RESTRICTIVE CONDUCT .
5 . ON THE OTHER HAND , COMPETITION IS NOT RESTRICTED BY ARTICLE 9 , WHICH PROVIDES FOR A SCALE OF FEES FOR EXHIBITORS VARYING BY APPROXIMATELY 20 % DEPENDING ON WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATIONS INVOLVED IN ORGANIZING EXPO DENTAL . SUCH DISPARITY APPEARS TO BE JUSTIFIED IN VIEW OF THE COST INVOLVED IN PREPARING AND ORGANIZING THE EXHIBITION , WHICH IS MET FROM CONTRIBUTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZING ASSOCIATIONS . AS LONG AS THE SCALE IS CONFINED WITHIN SUCH LIMITS IT WILL NOT CONSTITUTE DISCRIMINATION AGAINST EXHIBITORS WHO ARE NOT MEMBERS OF THESE ASSOCIATIONS .
6 . THE RESTRICTIONS ON COMPETITION REFERRED TO ABOVE MAY AFFECT TRADE BETWEEN THE MEMBER STATES IN RESPECT OF BOTH THE PROVISION OF SERVICES BY THE ORGANIZERS OF EXHIBITIONS IN THE VARIOUS MEMBER STATES AND THE CONDITIONS FOR MARKETING DENTAL PRODUCTS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY .
WITH REGARD TO THE PROVISION OF SERVICES , ORGANIZERS OF DENTAL EXHIBITIONS IN OTHER MEMBER STATES WISHING TO ORGANIZE EXHIBITIONS IN ITALY OTHER THAN OF A SPECIALIST NATURE WOULD BE UNABLE TO INVITE A MANUFACTURER WHO WANTED TO EXHIBIT AT EXPO DENTAL DURING THE PERIOD IN WHICH SUCH MANUFACTURER WAS PREVENTED FROM TAKING PART IN OTHER EXHIBITIONS . IN THIS CONTEXT , PARTICIPATION IN ANY EXHIBITION OTHER THAN EXPO DENTAL MEANS THE PRESENTATION OF THE DENTAL PRODUCTS CONCERNED NOT ONLY BY A MANUFACTURER OR DISTRIBUTOR BUT ALSO BY ANY OTHER ITALIAN OR FOREIGN COMMERCIAL AGENT . THEREFORE , A MANUFACTURER WISHING TO EXHIBIT AT EXPO DENTAL WOULD HAVE TO ENSURE THAT HIS PRODUCTS WERE NOT EXHIBITED BY ANY PERSON AT ANY OTHER EXHIBITION IN ITALY , IRRESPECTIVE OF THE ORGANIZER .
IT IS ALSO THE CASE THAT ALL MANUFACTURERS IN OTHER MEMBER STATES WISHING TO SELL THEIR PRODUCTS IN ITALY ARE OBLIGED TO COMPLY WITH THE EXPO DENTAL RULES BECAUSE THE EXHIBITION IS AN IMPORTANT VENUE FOR