84/388/EEC: Commission Decision of 23 July 1984 relating to a proceeding under Article 85 of the EEC Treaty (IV/30.988 - Agreements and concerted practices in the flat-glass sector in the Benelux countries) (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)

• Articles: 3

Article 1

The agreements and concerted practices which were applied on the flat-glass market in the Benelux countries over the period 1 January 1978 to 9 October 1981 by the undertakings BSN-Gervais-Danone SA (now BSN SA), Glaverbel SA, Maasglas BV and Glaverned BV, on the one hand, and Compagnie de Saint-Gobain SA, Glaceries de Saint-Roch SA, Glasfabriek Sas van Gent BV and Alglas BV, on the other hand, concerning the fixing of prices and other terms to customers, sharing of the market and regular exchanges of detailed sales figures for the purposes of monitoring the agreed market shares, constituted infringements of Article 85 (1) of the EEC Treaty.

Article 2

1. As a result of the infringements referred to in Article 1, the following fines are hereby imposed: - BSN SA : a fine of 935 000 (nine hundred and thirty-five thousand) ECU (FF 6 423 627),

- Glaverbel SA : a fine of 850 000 (eight hundred and fifty thousand) ECU (Bfrs 38 529 395),

- Compagnie de Saint-Gobain SA : a fine of 1 450 000 (one million, four hundred and fifty thousand) ECU (FF 9 961 775), and

- Glaceries de Saint-Roch SA : a fine of 765 000 (seven hundred and sixty-five thousand) ECU (Bfrs 34 676 455).

2. The fines shall be paid into the following accounts of the Commission of the European Communities within three months of the date of notification of this Decision: - BSN SA and Compagnie de Saint-Gobain SA:

Account No 5.770.006.5 CCE at the Société Générale, Agence internationale, direction de l'étranger, 23, rue de la Paix, F-75002 Paris;

- Glaverbel SA and Glaceries de Saint-Roch SA:

Account No 310-0231000-32 CCE at the Banque Bruxelles-Lambert, Agence européenne, B-1040 Brussels.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the following undertakings: 1. BSN SA, 7, rue de Téhéran, F-75008, Paris;

2. Glaverbel SA, chaussée de la Hulpe 166, B-1170 Brussels;

3. Maasglas BV, Panovenweg 20, NL-4000 AA Tiel;

4. Glaverned BV, Panovenweg 20, NL-4000 AA Tiel;

5. Saint-Gobain SA, Les Miroirs, 18, avenue d'Alsace, F-92026 Paris la Défense;

6. Glaceries de Saint-Roch SA, rue des Glaces Nationales 169, B-5700 Sambreville;

7. Glasfabriek Sas van Gent BV, Sas van Gent, the Netherlands;

8. Alglas BV, Stationsweg 3, NL-3972 KA Driebergen-Rijsenberg.

This Decision in enforceable pursuant to Article 192 of the EEC Treaty.

Done at Brussels, 23 July 1984.

For the Commission

Frans ANDRIESSEN

Member of the Commission