Article 183: Exemptions

  1.         Where COTED determines, pursuant to Article 182, that special rules shall apply to specific sectors of the Community, it may suspend or exclude the application of Article 177 to such sectors pending adoption of the relevant rules.
  1.         COTED may, on its own initiative or pursuant to an application by a Member State in that behalf, exclude or suspend the application of Article 177 to any sector or any enterprise or group of enterprises in the public interest.