The EU Court of First Instance states that provisions in a block exemption derogating from the prohibition of Article 81 cannot be interpreted widely (Peugeot)

Case T-9/92 Automobiles Peugeot SA and Peugeot SA v Commission of the European Communities* 1. Regulation 123/85 on the application of Article 85(3) of the Treaty to certain categories of motor vehicle distribution and servicing agreements is limited to providing economic agents in the sector with certain possibilities enabling them to remove such agreements from the scope of the prohibition contained in Article 85(1) of the Treaty despite the inclusion in those agreements of certain types of exclusivity and no-competition clauses. 2. Regard being had to the general principle of the prohibition of agreements restricting