56It is in the light of such considerations that the Court has held, inter alia, that national courts must, when ruling on agreements or practices which may subsequently be the subject of a decision by the Commission, avoid giving decisions which would conflict with a decision contemplated by the Commission in the implementation of Article 81(1) EC, Article 82 EC and Article 81(3) EC (see, to that effect, judgments of 28 February 1991, Delimitis, C‑234/89, EU:C:1991:91, paragraph 47, and of 14 December 2000, Masterfoods and HB, C‑344/98, EU:C:2000:689, paragraph 51); the Court has also held that it is even more important that when national courts rule on agreements or practices which are already the subject of a Commission decision they cannot take decisions running counter to that of the Commission (judgment of 14 December 2000, Masterfoods and HB, C‑344/98, EU:C:2000:689, paragraph 52).
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