Additional statutory control also comes in the form of EU legislation governing activities
which have cross-border implications. Article 85 of the Treaty of Rome prohibits
agreements between enterprises which result in a restriction or distortion in competition
within the Union (e.g. price-fixing, market-sharing). Article 86 prohibits a dominant
firm, or group of firms, from using their market power to exploit consumers; while
Articles 92–94 prohibit the provision of government subsidies if they distort, or threaten
to distort, competition between industries or individual firms