Such a negative decision on the merits would risk undermining the uniform application of the competition rules set up by the Treaty, which is one of the objectives of the Regulation, since such a decision might prevent the Commission from finding subsequently that the practice in question amounts to a breach of those rules.
Règlement (CE) n° 1/2003 du Conseil, du 16 décembre 2002, relatif à la mise en œuvre des règles de concurrence prévues aux articles 81 et 82 du traité (JO 2003, L 1, p. 1).