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Effect of a decision that the prohibition in Article 81(1) has not been infringed

8.—(1) This regulation applies to an agreement if the Director has determined an application under regulation 7 by making a decision that the agreement has not infringed the prohibition in Article 81(1).

(2) The Director is to take no further action under these Regulations with respect to the agreement unless—

(a)he has reasonable grounds for believing that there has been a material change of circumstance since he gave his decision; or

(b)he has a reasonable suspicion that the information on which he based his decision was incomplete, false or misleading in a material particular; or

(c)pursuant to Article 85(2), the European Commission has taken a reasoned decision recording an infringement of Article 81(1) and has authorised the United Kingdom to take measures needed to remedy the situation.