7. Neither OPEI, nor any committee or activity of OPEI, shall be used for the purpose of bringing about, or attempting to bring about, any understanding or agreement, written or oral, formal or informal, express or implied, among competitors with regard to prices, terms, or conditions of sale, distribution, volume of production, territories, or customers. 8. No OPEI activity or communication shall include discussion for any purpose or in any fashion of pricing methods, production quotas, or other limitations on the timing, costs, volume, production, terms of sale, or allocation of territories or customers. 9. No OPEI activity or communication shall include any discussion which might be construed as an attempt to prevent any person or business entity from gaining access to any market or customer for goods or services, or to prevent any business entity from obtaining a supply of goods, or otherwise purchasing goods or services freely in the market. 10. All decisions and recommendations of OPEI and its committees which involve standardization of engineering practices or material configuration or composition shall be based upon engineering and scientific evaluation consistently applied. No such decision or recommendation shall be based upon consideration of market advantage to any participant or group of participants in the industry. 11. No OPEI activity or communication shall include any discussion which might be construed as an agreement or an understanding to refrain from purchasing any raw materials, equipment, services, or other supplies from any supplier. 12. In informal discussions at the site of an OPEI meeting, but beyond the control of its Chairman, all OPEI members are expected to observe the same standards of personal conduct as are required of OPEI in its compliance with these antitrust guidelines. 13. If included in the agenda for an OPEI meeting, the following general subjects are among those permitted for discussion under these guidelines: (a) general industry or economic trends; (b) advances or problems in relevant technology or research; (c) more effective methods of purchasing, manufacturing, or marketing; (d) management education/training; (e) industry relations with local, state, and federal governments; (f) experiences and developments in employment relations; (g) legal issues facing the industry and OPEI members. 14. Specific statistical information gathering and reporting should be cleared with OPEI’s counsel before being placed on any agenda. 15. OPEI’s policy requires the attendance of a staff member from OPEI at all official business meetings. May 2017
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