STRONG ENOUGH TO EXERT PRESSURE IN THE SAME DIRECTION , WHICH IS IN LINE WITH THEIR OWN INTERESTS .
HENCE , THE AGREEMENT DOES NOT AFFORD THE PARTIES THE POSSIBILITY OF ELIMINATING COMPETITION WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 85 ( 3 ) .
IV
1 . PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 6 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION N 17 , THE DECISION CAN HAVE EFFECT FROM 12 OCTOBER 1971 , WHICH IS THE DATE OF SIGNATURE OF THE AGREEMENT NOTIFIED ON 11 OCTOBER 1971 .
2 . PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 8 OF REGULATION N 17 , THE DECISION IS ISSUED FOR A SPECIFIED PERIOD AND THE COMMISSION MAY REVOKE OR AMEND ITS DECISION IF THERE IS A CHANGE IN ANY OF THE FACTS WHICH WERE BASIC TO THE MAKING THEREOF .
THE AGREEMENT CAN BE AUTHORIZED ONLY FOR SUCH TRANSITIONAL PERIOD AS IS STRICTLY NECESSARY FOR THE REPROCESSING INDUSTRY TO CHANGE OVER TO CONDITIONS OF EFFECTIVE COMPETITION . THAT TRANSITIONAL PERIOD WILL END WHEN THE THREE PLANTS COVERED BY THE AGREEMENT ARE ASSURED OF ACHIEVING ECONOMICALLY SATISFACTORY LOAD FACTORS . THE COMMISSION BELIEVES THAT IF THE THREE PLANTS ARE WORKING AT AN AVERAGE RATE OF 75 % OF THEIR TOTAL CAPACITY , IRRESPECTIVE OF THE PROPORTIONS IN WHICH THE THREE PARTIES FEEL THAT THE WORK SHOULD BE ALLOCATED AT THAT TIME , THIS CONDITION WILL BE MET . ACCORDINGLY , THE AUTHORIZATION SHOULD BE LIMITED SO AS TO TERMINATE AUTOMATICALLY AS SOON AS THAT 75 % LOAD FACTOR HAS BEEN REACHED FOR TWO SUCCESSIVE YEARS .FURTHERMORE , HOWEVER THE MARKET DEVELOPS , AN ULTIMATE DATE SHOULD BE FIXED ON THE AGREEMENT WHICH WILL IN ANY EVENT EXPIRE . A PERIOD OF 15 YEARS FROM THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE AGREEMENT IS LONG ENOUGH TO ENABLE THE PARTIES TO PURSUE THEIR JOINT EFFORTS TOWARDS ATTAINING THE FAVOURABLE RESULTS SOUGHT BY THEM .
3 . UNDER ARTICLE 8 OF REGULATION N 17 , CONDITIONS AND OBLIGATIONS MAY BE ATTACHED TO THE DECISION , AND THE COMMISSION MAY REVOKE OR AMEND ITS DECISION OR PROHIBIT SPECIFIED ACTS BY THE PARTIES WHERE THE PARTIES ABUSE THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 85 ( 1 ) OF THE EEC TREATY GRANTED BY THE DECISION .
THE COMMISSION'S DECISION RELATES SOLELY TO THE AGREEMENT AS IT IS ACTUALLY OPERATING AT THE PRESENT TIME . THE AUTHORIZATION DOES NOT COVER ANY DIRECT OR INDIRECT EXTENSION OF THE CURRENT SCOPE OF URG'S ACTIVITIES , NAMELY THE MARKETING OF REPROCESSING SERVICES FOR OXIDE NUCLEAR FUELS , TO OTHER ACTIVITIES , WHETHER SUCH ACTIVITIES BE ENVISAGED BY THE AGREEMENT ( TRANSPORT , OTHER OPERATIONS IN THE FUEL CYCLE , TRADE IN RECOVERED PRODUCTS , OPERATING OR OWNERSHIP OF PLANTS ) OR NOT ( E.G . , REPROCESSING OF FUELS OTHER THAN OXIDE FUELS ) ; NOR DOES IT COVER THE DETERMINATION OF A COMMON POSITION ON INVESTMENT EXTENDING BEYOND THE THREE PLANTS AS DESCRIBED IN THE AGREEMENT , NOR THE EXTENSION OF THE AGREEMENT TO OTHER PARTIES .
FURTHERMORE ,