[' ', '15.', 'Meeting', 'competition.', ' ', 'A', 'seller', 'charged', 'with', 'discrimination', 'in', 'violation', 'of', 'Section', '2(d)', 'or', 'Section', '2(e)', 'may', 'defend', 'his', 'actions', 'by', 'showing', 'that', 'the', 'payments', 'were', 'made', 'or', 'the', 'services', 'were', 'furnished', 'in', 'good', 'faith', 'to', 'meet', 'equally', 'inet', 'payments', 'made', 'by', 'a', 'competing', 'seller', 'to', 'the', 'particular', 'customer,', 'or', 'to', 'meet', 'equivalent', 'services', 'furnished', 'by', 'a', 'competing', 'seller', 'to', 'the', 'particular', 'customer,', 'This', 'defense,', 'however,', 'is', 'subject', 'to', 'important', 'limitations.', 'For', 'instance,', 'it', 'is', 'insufficient', ',', 'to', 'defend', 'a', 'charge', 'of', 'violating', 'either', 'Section', '2(d)', 'or', '2(e)', 'solely', 'on', 'the', 'basis', 'that', 'competition', 'in', 'a', 'particular', 'industry', 'is', 'very', 'keen,', 'requiring', 'that', 'special', 'allowances', 'must', 'be', 'einen,', 'to', 'some', 'customers', 'if', 'a', 'seller', 'is', '"to', 'be', 'competitive."', '16.', 'Cost', 'justification.', ' ', 'It', 'is', 'no', 'defense.to', 'a', 'charge', 'of', 'unlawful', 'discrimination', 'in', 'the', 'payment', 'of', 'an', 'allowance', 'or', 'the', 'furnishing', 'of', 'a', 'service', 'for', 'a', 'seller', 'to', 'show', 'that', 'such', 'payment,', 'service,', 'or', 'facility', 'could', 'be', 'justified', 'through', 'savings', 'in', 'the', 'cost', 'of', 'manufacture,', 'sale', 'or', 'delivery.', 'S8TTSS00', '~30~', ' ', ' ']