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is Þosicolly correct. îhe legislotion, on the other hond, is
designed to curb 'qbusive, morket conduct. Pubticíty is employeO
to stimulqte competition omong producêrs ond trqders, ond to
inform the consumen. In emergency situotions, direct price
reguldtion con be resorted to. The system oppeors on the !,/hole
to hove been comporotivety successful in ensuring reosonoble
prices ond profitsr ond it hos olso served the public by contri-
butinQ to industriol peoce.
It wos decided òt on eorty stoge thot the moin therpe shoúId
be preceded by on introductory chopter discussing somç of the
problems inherent in qntítrust policy. These ore being deolt
with,,very sunnnorily, under severol sub-heodings be1ow. First
h,edrcwonoutlineofPortsIondIIoftheThesis.
Port I is o descriptive ond interpretotive onolysis of the
MRPC Àct, or the Dqnish monopolíes legislotion proper¡ which
is thè central motter to be treqted. It begins, in chopter 2,
with o sêction têrmed rA bri€f historicol occount,, iá which
we distinguish the circumstonces cousing the Act, to enöbl6 the
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reoder to view it in its truê perspectiv€, The sectionsi thot
folLoù give detoils of the legislotion, with emphosis uþon thê
definitionol groundwork ond th€ woy in which the contr.ol mechonism
operotes. Chopter 3 is devoted to the PP Act 1974. The finol
choptêr of Port I contqins odministrotive ond court decisions,
which Ìvere tÍ'onsloted from the Donish text in on obbrevioted form
to exploin the Legislotion more thoroughly ond comment on it.
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Port II evo¡.uotes thê legislotion. It comprises síx chopters.