15.6.1999 Official Journal of the European Communities L 148/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1215/1999 of 10 June 1999 amending Regulation No 19/65/EEC on the application of Article 81(3) of the Treaty to certain categories of agreements and concerted practices (7) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 83 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ('), Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia- ment (%), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (%), (1)  Whereas by Regulation No 19/65/EEC (¥), the Council empowered the Commission, without pre- judice to the application of Council Regulation No 17: first Regulation implementing Articles 81 and 82 of the Treaty (°), and in accordance with Article 81(3) of the Treaty, to adopt regulations declaring that Article 81(1) does not apply to certain cat- egories of agreements, and in particular to cat- egories of agreements to which only two undertak- ings are party and whereby one party agrees with the other to supply only to that other certain goods for resale within a defined area of the common market, or whereby one party agrees with the other to purchase only from that other certain goods for resale, or whereby the two undertakings enter into () Editorial Note: The title of Regulation No 19/65/EEC has been adjusted to take account of the renumbering of the Articles of the Treaty establishing the European Community in accordance with Article 12 of the Treaty of Amsterdam; the original reference was to Article 85(3) of the Treaty. () OJ C 365, 26.11.1998, p. 27. () Opinion delivered on 15 April 1999 (not yet published in the Official Journal). () OJ C 116, 28.4.1999. () OJ 36, 6.3.1965, p. 533/65. Regulation as last amended by the 1994 Act of Accession. () OJ 13, 21.2.1962, p. 204/62. Regulation as last amended by the 1994 Act of Accession. into such obligations with each other in respect of exclusive supply and purchase for resale; (2)  Whereas, pursuant to Regulation No 19/65/EEC, the Commission has in particular adopted Regula- tion (EEC) No 1983/83 of 22 June 1983 on the application of Article 81(3) of the Treaty to cat- egories of exclusive distribution agreements (6), Regulation (EEC) No 1984/83 of 22 June 1983 on the application of Article 81(3) of the Treaty to categories of exclusive purchasing agreements (7) and Regulation (EEC) No 4087/88 of 30 November 1988 on the application of Article 81(3) of the Treaty to categories of franchise agreements (%) (exemption regulations); (3  Whereas on 22 January 1997 the Commission published a Green Paper on Vertical Restraints in EC Competition Policy, which generated a wide- ranging public debate on the application of Article 81(1) and (3) of the Treaty to vertical agreements or concerted practices; 4) Whereas the response to the Green Paper from the Member States, the European Parliament, the Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions and interested parties has been generally in favour of reform of Community competition policy on vertical agreements; whereas the block exemption regulations already referred to should accordingly be revised; (® OJ L 173, 30.6.1983, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1582/97 (O] L 214, 6.8.1997, p. 27). () OJ L 173, 30.6.1983, p. 5. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1582/97. () OJ L 359, 28.12.1988, p. 46. Regulation as amended by the 1994 Act of Accession.