Hvis indvirkningen er betydelig, kan Kommissionen dog tage højde for de økonomiske fordele, der følger af sådanne konkurrenceaftaler, når den vurderer, hvorvidt en individuel fritagelse i medfør af artikel 81, stk. 3, bør gælde for aftalerne.
The Commission will then, firstly, evaluate the actual impact of the competition agreements; if the impact is considerable, the Commission can in any case take into account the economic benefits of these non-competition agreements in its evaluation of the possible applicability of an individual exemption under Article 81(3) to the agreements.