54Moreover, the concept of restriction of competition ‘by object’ must be interpreted restrictively. The concept of restriction of competition ‘by object’ can be applied only to certain types of coordination between undertakings which reveal a sufficient degree of harm to competition for it to be found that there is no need to examine their effects, as otherwise the Commission would be exempted from the obligation to prove the actual effects on the market of agreements which are in no way established to be, by their very nature, harmful to the proper functioning of competition. The fact that the types of agreements envisaged in Article 101(1) TFEU do not constitute an exhaustive list of prohibited collusion is, in that regard, irrelevant (see, to that effect, judgment of 11 September 2014, CB v Commission, C‑67/13 P, EU:C:2014:2204, paragraph 58 and the case-law cited).
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