78/66/EEC: Commission Decision of 2 December 1977 relating to a proceeding under Article 85 of the EEC Treaty (IV/28.948 - Cauliflowers) (Only the French text is authentic)

• Articles: 3

Article 1

(a) The clauses in the agreements between SICA de Saint-Pol-de-Léon and the Union des Expéditeurs de Saint-Pol-de-Léon and between SIPEFEL and the Syndicat des Expéditeurs de Saint-Malo, whereby dealers who obtain supplies at auction sales held at Saint-Pol-de-Léon and Saint-Méloir-des-Ondes are required to accept the obligations: - to buy exclusively at the auction sales to which they have been admitted,

and

- to be in possession of a packing centre,

constitute infringements of Article 85 (1) of the EEC Treaty.

(b) The decisions taken by the Syndicat des Expéditeurs de Saint-Malo: - subjecting admission of new buyers to the Saint-Méloir-des-Ondes auctions to a favourable decision by the management bodies set up by the Statutes of the Syndicat, without any reference to fixed and objective conditions of admission,

and

- obliging members to buy, pack and dispatch vegetables only on their own account,

constitute infringements of Article 85 (1) of the EEC Treaty.

Article 2

SICA de Saint-Pol-de-Léon, the Union des Expéditeurs, SIPEFEL and the Syndicat des Expéditeurs de Saint-Malo shall forthwith bring to an end the infringements referred to in Article 1.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the following associations of undertakings: - Société d'Investissements et de Coopération Agricoles, of Saint-Pol-de-Léon,

- Union des Expéditeurs et Exportateurs en Fruits et Légumes du Finistère, of Saint-Pol-de-Léon,

- Société Interprofessionnelle des Producteurs et Expéditeurs de Fruits, Légumes, Bulbes et Fleurs d'Ille et Vilaine "SICA-SIPEFEL", of Saint-Méloir-des-Ondes,

- Syndicat des Expéditeurs et Exportateurs en Légumes et Pommes de terre primeurs de la région Malouine, of Saint-Méloir-des-Ondes.

Done at Brussels, 2 December 1977.

For the Commission

Raymond VOUEL

Member of the Commission