For aftaler af den i artikel 6 og 10 nævnte art, som allerede var trådt i kraft den 1. juli 1983 og som udløber efter den 31. december 1988, gælder forbuddet i Traktatens artikel 85. stk. 1, ikke i tidsrummet mellem 1. januar 1989 og aftalens udlob, dog senest til udlobet af denne forordnings gyldighedsperiode, dersom leverandoren inden den 1. januar 1989 fritager videreforhandleren for alle forpligtelser, som strider mod bestemmelserne i afsnit II og III.
In the case of agreements of the kinds described in Articles 6 and 10, which were in force on 1 July 1983 and which expire after 31 December 1988, the prohibition in Article 85 (1) of the Treaty shall not apply in the period from 1 January 1989 to the expiry of the agreement but at the latest to the expiry of this Regulation to the extent that the supplier releases the reseller, before 1 January 1989, from all obligations which would prevent the application of the exemption under Titles II and III.