The provisions of clauses 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of group A and of clauses 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of group B of the fair trade practice rules (document 2 of the agreement known as the "IFTRA rules for producers of virgin aluminium") constituted infringements of Article 85 (1) of the EEC Treaty from 27 April 1972 to 18 February 1975.
This decision is addressed to the International Fair Trade Practice Rules Administration (IFTRA) Vaduz, Liechtenstein and the following undertakings:
Alusuisse Deutschland GmbH, Konstanz, Federal Republic of Germany, Gebrüder Giulini GmbH, Ludwigshafen (Rhein), Federal Republic of Germany, Kaiser-Preussag Aluminium GmbH & Co, Voerde (Niederrhein), Federal Republic of Germany, Metallgesellschaft AG, Frankfurt (Main), Federal Republic of Germany, VAW, Vereinigte Aluminium-Werke AG, Berlin, Péchiney-Ugine Kuhlmann S.A., Paris, France, Holland-Aluminium N.V., Den Haag, the Netherlands, The British Aluminium Company Limited, London, England, Empresa Nacional del Aluminio S.A., Madrid, Spain, Årdal og Sunndal Verk (ÅSV), Oslo, Norway, Elkem - Spigerverket A/S, Oslo, Norway, Norsk Hydro A/S, Karmøy, Oslo, Norway, Vereinigte Metallwerke Ranshofen-Berndorf A.G., Braunau am Inn/Ranshofen, Austria, Schweizerische Aluminium AG., Zürich, Switzerland, Gränges Essem AB, Västerås, Sweden.
Done at Brussels, 15 July 1975.
For the Commission
The President
François-Xavier ORTOLI