When the agreement to control price is sanctioned by a multilateral treaty or is entered by sovereign nations as opposed to individual firms, the cartel may be protected from lawsuits and criminal antitrust prosecution.
Kada se dogovor o kontroli cena sankcioniše multilateralnim sporazumom ili kada ga prave suverene nacije nasuprot individualnih firmi, karteli mogu biti zaštićeni od tužbi i kriminalnog gonjenja.