<h1>Liquor trade associations coordinated pricing, margins and mandatory pre-launch clearances, violating competition law prohibiting horizontal restraints.</h1> Associations collectively prescribed retail margins, discounts, payment and credit terms, transportation charges, launch fees, mandatory donations and other commercial conditions, and required mandatory pre-launch clearances for manufacturers; such coordinated prescription of commercial terms and mandatory NOCs was found to contravene the statutory prohibition on horizontal restraints and representative office-bearer liability was recorded under the statute's enforcement framework.