European Union (Amendment) Bill

It might be helpful to the Committee if I quote from the report, because this has not been mentioned. It says in paragraph 9.14: "““The rules on competition contained in previous treaties would be unchanged by the Lisbon Treaty. Articles 101-103 of the TFEU are the same as Articles 81-83 of the TEC. They give the EU power to legislate to combat practices ‘which have as their object or effect the prevention, restriction or distortion of competition’.””" That is an addition to what is in the legally binding protocol.