Artikel 85, stykke 1 forbyder aftaler, som vil kunne skade samhandelen mellem medlemsstaterne, og som har til formål at hindre, indskrænke eller forfalske konkurrencens frie spil inden for det indre marked.
Article 85, paragraph 1 prohibits those agreements which which may effect trade between Member States and which have as their objective the prevention, restriction or distortion of competition within the common market.