74/634/EEC: Commission Decision of 29 November 1974 relating to proceedings under Article 85 of the Treaty establishing the EEC (IV/27.095 - Franco-Japanese ball- bearings agreement) (Only the French text is authentic)

• Articles: 2

Article 1

The agreement concluded in 1972 through their respective trade associations between the French undertakings SKF, Compagnie d'application mécaniques, SA, and SNR, Société nouvelle de roulements and the Japanese undertakings Nippon Seiko Kaisha, NTN Toyo Bearing Kaisha, Koyo Seiko Ltd and Fujikoshi Ltd, for the purpose of increasing the price of ballbearings of Japanese origin on the French market, and which is, in particular, manifested by the letters dated respectively 10 March 1972 from the Japan Bearing Association and 27 April 1972 from the Chambre nationale syndicale de la mécanique de haute précision, constitutes an infringement of Article 85 (1) of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the undertakings and associations of undertakings listed below:

SKF, Compagnie d'applications mécaniques, SA, 1, avenue Newton, Clamart, France;

SNR, Société nouvelle de roulements, 1, rue des Usines, Annecy, France;

Chambre syndicale nationale de la mécanique de haute précision, 75, rue Baujon, Paris, France;

Nippon Seiko Kaisha, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, Japan;

Koyo Seiko Co. Ltd, Minami-Ku, Osaka, Japan;

Fujikoshi Ltd, Toyama, Japan;

NTN Toyo Bearing Co. Ltd, Nishi-Ku, Osaka, Japan;

The Japan Bearing Industrial Association, Shibakoenn, Tokyo, Japan.

Done at Brussels, 29 November 1974.

For the Commission

The President

François-Xavier ORTOLI