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==Origins==
The principles of EU competition law have been attributed<ref>[http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/hearings/single_firm/docs/219385.htm. Tony Fryer ''Comparative Antitrust Enforcement and Business History'']</ref> to the combined influence of  United States [[antitrust]] law and German cartel law. They were first embodied in the 1951 Treaty of Paris (which set up  the European Coal and Steel Community)  and subsequently  in  Articles 85 and 86 of  the 1957  Treaty of Rome   (numbered 81 and 82 in the 2003 Treaty of  Nice <ref>[http://europa.eu/abc/treaties/index_en.htm European Treaties -guide]</ref> <ref>[http://ec.europa.eu/comm/nice_treaty/summary_en.pdf  Treaty of Nice - summary]</ref>).