Clause 179 - Cartel offence
Enterprise Bill
4:45 pm
Miss Melanie Johnson (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry; Welwyn Hatfield, Labour)
The dishonesty approach does avoid the need to prove the breach of EC law up front, but the defence can still argue that the agreement was exempt. That is an important fact to bear in mind about the way in which the provision is taken forward.