THIS OR THAT EVENT WAS INTERNATIONAL OR NOT , WITH THE COROLLARY POWER TO AUTHORIZE OR PROHIBIT THE DISPLAYS OF MOTOR VEHICLES THERE , GAVE IT THE POSSIBILITY OF DECIDING THAT EVENTS WHICH WERE IN REALITY NATIONAL OR REGIONAL ONLY WERE TO BE REGARDED AS INTERNATIONAL AND TO PROHIBIT THE DISPLAY OF MOTOR VEHICLES AT SUCH EVENTS . THIS PLACED IT IN A POSITION TO PREVENT THE ORGANIZERS OF FAIRS AND EXHIBITIONS IN GENERAL FROM DISPLAYING MOTOR VEHICLES , AND COMPETITION BETWEEN THESE ORGANIZERS WAS THEREFORE LIABLE TO BE ELIMINATED .
IN RESPONSE TO COMMISSION OBJECTIONS THE REGULATIONS WERE SO AMENDED ON 17 MAY 1976 THAT BPICA NO LONGER HAS ABSOLUTE DISCRETIONARY POWER TO DECLARE THAT A GIVEN FAIR OR EXHIBITION IS INTERNATIONAL . THE ANTI-COMPETITIVE CLAUSES WHICH EXCLUDED THE OPERATION OF ARTICLE 85 ( 3 ) WERE DROPPED AND THE EXEMPTION UNDER THAT PARAGRAPH MAY THEREFORE HAVE EFFECT FROM 17 MAY 1976 .
2 . ARTICLE 7 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION NO 17 REQUIRES THE COMMISSION TO DETERMINE THE PERIOD DURING WHICH THE PROHIBITION IN ARTICLE 85 ( 1 ) OF THE TREATY IS TO BE APPLICABLE . THE CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE APPLICATION OF THAT ARTICLE ARE MET IN THIS CASE , FOR THE BPICA REGULATIONS WERE ADOPTED BEFORE REGULATION NO 17 CAME INTO FORCE AND WERE NOTIFIED WITHIN THE TIME LIMITS SET BY ARTICLE 5 ( 1 ) OF THAT REGULATION . SINCE THE REGULATIONS GAVE BPICA FULL DISCRETIONARY POWER TO DECIDE WHETHER AN EVENT WAS INTERNATIONAL OR NOT , THEY DID NOT QUALIFY FOR ARTICLE 85 ( 3 ) EXEMPTION ; BUT THEY WERE AMENDED TO SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS OF ARTICLE 85 ( 3 ) WITHIN A REASONABLE PERIOD IN RESPONSE TO COMMISSION OBJECTIONS . THE PROHIBITION IN ARTICLE 85 ( 1 ) OF THE TREATY SHOULD THEREFORE BE INAPPLICABLE AS FROM 13 MARCH 1962 , WHEN REGULATION NO 17 ENTERED INTO FORCE , TO 17 MAY 1976 , WHEN THE NEW BPICA REGULATIONS CAME INTO FORCE .
3 . IN DETERMINING THE DURATION OF ITS DECISION UNDER ARTICLE 8 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION NO 17 , THE COMMISSION MUST TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE SPECIFIC NATURE OF THE AREA COVERED BY THIS CASE AND OF THE FREQUENCY OF THE EVENTS AUTHORIZED BY BPICA ; A PERIOD OF SIX YEARS WOULD SEEM APPROPRIATE .
4 . CONDITIONS MUST BE ATTACHED TO THIS DECISION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 8 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION NO 17 , SO AS TO ENABLE THE COMMISSION TO VERIFY WHETHER , AS A RESULT OF ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS WHICH WERE BASIC TO THE MAKING OF THE DECISION , THE EXEMPTION SHOULD BE REVOKED UNDER ARTICLE 8 ( 3 ) OF REGULATION NO 17 , OR WHETHER SPECIFIC ACTS ON THE PART OF THOSE CONCERNED SHOULD BE PROHIBITED . TO THIS END , BPICA MUST BE REQUIRED TO SEND TO THE COMMISSION EACH YEAR THE CALENDAR OF FAIRS AND EXHIBITIONS WHICH IT REGARDS AS INTERNATIONAL AND OF THOSE WHERE THE