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This Order revokes the Restriction on Conduct (Specialist Advertising Services) Order 1988 (“the 1988 Order”) which makes it unlawful for publishers of specialist magazines to withhold, or threaten or agree to withhold, advertising services from persons seeking to place adverts containing information on the price of the goods being advertised. It also prohibits discriminating against price bearing advertisements in the prices charged and other terms and conditions for advertising services.
The report of the Monopolies and Mergers Commission upon which the 1988 Order is based may be obtained from the Competition Commission website at http://www.competition-commission.org.uk/rep-pub/reports/1988/222advertising.htm#full.
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