20In the light of the case-law which has just been cited, the essential legal criterion for ascertaining whether an agreement involves a restriction of competition ‘by object’ is therefore the finding that such an agreement reveals in itself a sufficient degree of harm to competition for it to be considered that it is not appropriate to assess its effects (see, to that effect, judgment in CB v Commission, C‑67/13 P, EU:C:2014:2204, paragraph 57).
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