50However, while Article 81(1) EC does not restrict such an assessment to actual effects alone, as that assessment must also take account of the potential effects of the agreement or practice in question on competition within the common market, an agreement will, however, fall outside the prohibition in Article 81 EC if it has only an insignificant effect on the market (Case 5/69 Völk v Vervaecke [1969] ECR 295, paragraph 7; John Deere v Commission, paragraph 77; and Bagnasco and Others, paragraph 34).
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