council decis june conclud agreement european commun govern japan cooper anti competit activ ec council european union regard treati establish european commun articl conjunct subparagraph articl thereof regard propos commiss regard opinion european parliament increasingli pronounc intern dimens competit problem intern cooper field strengthen sound effect enforc competit law matter import effici oper market intern trade elabor principl posit comiti intern law implement principl enforc competit law european commun japan increas effect applic end commiss negoti agreement japan applic competit rule european commun japan articl treati invok ow inclus text agreement merger acquisit cover council regul eec decemb control concentr undertak turn essenti base articl agreement approv decid articl agreement european commun govern japan cooper anti competit activ approv behalf european commun text agreement attach decis articl presid council authoris design person empow sign agreement behalf european commun luxembourg june council presid papandr propos publish offici journal opinion juli publish offici journal oj corrigendum oj amend council regul ec oj accord articl agreement enter forc august