
1 
This Order may be cited as the Channel Tunnel Act (Competition) (No. 2) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 16th February 1988.
2 
In this Order “the section 29 agreement” means the channel tunnel agreement providing for the construction of the tunnel system which comprises the documents listed in the Schedule to this Order, and which has been approved by the Secretary of State for the purposes of section 29 of the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976 by order dated 18th January 1988.
3 
In relation to any agreement which is made—
(a) exclusively for the purpose of the performance by the persons specified in article 5 below of their obligations under the section 29 agreement or of the exercise of their rights under that agreement, and
(b) in pursuance or furtherance of the section 29 agreement,the persons specified in article 5 below (being parties to the section 29 agreement) and any body corporate which is a member of the same group as any of them shall be deemed to be interconnected bodies corporate for the purposes of the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976.
4 
In relation to any course of conduct engaged in in connection with the construction of the tunnel system, the persons specified in article 5 below (being parties to the section 29 agreement) and any body corporate which is a member of the same group as any of them shall be deemed to be persons who are to be treated as associated for the purposes of section 2 of the Competition Act 1980.
5 
The persons referred to in articles 3 and 4 above are—
 Balfour Beatty Construction Limited
 Costain Civil Engineering Limited
 Tarmac Construction Limited
 Taylor Woodrow Construction Limited
 Wimpey Major Projects Limited
 Bouygues SA
 Dumez SA
 Societe Auxiliaire D'Entreprises SA
 Societe Generale D'Entreprises SA
 Spie Batignolles SA
 GIE Transmanche Construction.
Francis Maude
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Trade and Industry
19th January 1988
SCHEDULE
Article 2

Construction Contract (comprising the Contract Agreement, the Conditions of Contract and the Schedules to the Conditions of Contract numbered 1 to 26) dated 13th August 1986
Supplemental Construction Contract dated 13th August 1986
Construction Contract Amending Agreement dated 25th September 1986
The Second Amending Agreement dated 27th January 1987
The Third Amending Agreement dated 5th November 1987
Guarantee Agreements dated 13th August 1986 and 21st July 1987
Letter dated 13th August 1986 from Eurotunnel to Transmanche-Link confirming instructions to proceed (as acknowledged by Transmanche-Link on 15th August 1986).