27With regard, first, to Article 81(1) EC, which provides that agreements between undertakings, decisions by associations of undertakings and concerted practices which have particular characteristics are incompatible with the common market and prohibited, it should be noted that there is nothing in the wording of that provision that indicates that the prohibition laid down therein is directed only at the parties to such agreements or concerted practices who are active on the markets affected by those agreements or practices.
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