22As a preliminary point, it is important to note that it follows from the Court’s case-law (see, inter alia, Case 10/86, VAG France [1986] ECR 4071, paragraph 12; Case C-230/96 Cabour [1998] ECR I-2055, paragraphs 47, 48 and 51; and Case C-260/07 Pedro IV Servicios [2009] ECR I-2437, paragraph 68) that non-compliance with a condition necessary for the exemption cannot, in itself, give rise to damages pursuant to Article 101 TFEU or oblige a supplier to accept an applicant distributor into a distribution system.
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