78/252/EEC: Commission Decision of 23 December 1977 relating to a proceeding under Article 85 of the EEC Treaty (IV/29.176 - Vegetable parchment) (Only the German, English, French and Italian texts are authentic)

• Articles: 5

Article 1

1. Alamigeon, Dalle & Lecomte, Feldmühle, Nicolaus, Schleipen & Erkens and Wiggins Teape infringed Article 85 (1) of the EEC Treaty from 1 January 1973 to the end of 1974 by engaging in a concerted practice whereby the French and German undertakings agreed to supply Wiggins Teape with vegetable parchment on the British market to the exclusion of all others.

2. Alamigeon, Burgo, Dalle & Lecomte, Feldmühle, Nicolaus, Rube, Schleipens & Erkens, Serlachius and Wiggins Teape infringed Article 85 (1) of the EEC Treaty from June 1973 to the end of 1974 by engaging in a concerted practice whereby they exchanged information on the quantities exported by each undertaking and informed each other of their price levels.

3. The vegetable parchment manufacturers listed in paragraph 2 infringed Article 85 (1) of the EEC Treaty between June 1973 and the end of 1974 by engaging in the practice of periodically meeting to fix the rates of increase in prices in the Belgo-Luxembourg, Danish and Dutch markets in concert.

Article 2

The following fines are imposed on the undertakings which have participated actively in the infringement found in Article 1 (3) hereof: 1. For Dalle and Lecomte, a fine of 25 000 (twenty-five thousand) units of account or 138 855 (one hundred and thirty-eight thousand eight hundred and fifty-five) French francs;

2. For Feldmühle, a fine of 15 000 (fifteen thousand) units of account or 54 900 (fifty-four thousand nine hundred) German marks;

3. For Nicolaus, a fine of 25 000 (twenty-five thousand) units of account or 91 500 (ninety-one thousand five hundred) German marks;

4. For Rube, a fine of 10 000 (ten thousand) units of account or 36 600 (thirty-six thousand six hundred) German marks;

5. For Schleipen & Erkens a fine of 25 000 (twenty-five thousand) units of account or 91 500 (ninety-one thousand five hundred) German marks;

6. For Serlachius a fine of 15 000 (fifteen thousand) units of account or 63 000 (sixty-three thousand) Finnish marks.

Article 3

This Decision shall be enforceable in the manner provided in Article 192 of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community.

The fines imposed under Article 2 shall be payable to the following Commission accounts within three months following the date of notification of this Decision: (a) For Dalle & Lecomte:

Société générale, Direction de l'étranger 29, boulevard Haussmann, F-75454 Paris Cedex 09 Compte no. 0699.2000-00150734050 C.C.E. Bruxelles;

(b) For Feldmühle, Nicolaus, Rube and Schleipen & Erkens:

Deutsche Bank Köningsallée 45 D-4000 Düsseldorf Konto Nr. 2399095;

(c) For Serlachius:

Banque Bruxelles Lambert 310-0231000-32 C.C.E. Bruxelles.

Article 4

This Decision is addressed to:

Papeteries Alamigeon & Lacroix SA, Collas, France;

Papeteries Dalle & Lecomte SA, Bousbecque, France;

Cartiere Burgo SpA, Turin, Italy;

Feldmühle AG, Düsseldorf, Germany;

4 P Nicolaus Kempten GmbH, Kempten, Germany;

4 P Rube Göttingen GmbH, Göttingen, Germany;

Schleipen & Erkens AG, Jülich, Germany;

G. A. Serlachius OY, Mänttà, Finland;

Wiggins Teape Limited, London, United Kingdom.

Done at Brussels, 23 December 1977.

For the Commission

Raymond VOUEL

Member of the Commission

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX A 1 EXPORTS OF VEGETABLE PARCHMENT 1972 NIMEXE 4803.10

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ANNEX A 2 EXPORTS OF VEGETABLE PARCHMENT 1973 NIMEXE 4803.10

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ANNEX A 3 EXPORTS OF VEGETABLE PARCHMENT 1974 NIMEXE 4803.10

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