95/477/EC: Commission Decision of 12 July 1995 relating to a proceeding pursuant to Article 85 of the EC Treaty (Case IV/33.802 - BASF Lacke+Farben AG, and Accinauto SA) (Only the French and German texts are authentic)

• Articles: 3

Article 1

The agreement between BASF Lacke+Farben AG and Accinauto SA, under which Accinauto SA was required, from 8 October 1982 to 31 December 1991, to pass on to BASF Lacke+Farben any customer inquiries coming from outside the contract territory, infringed Article 85 (1) of the EC Treaty.

Article 2

1. The following fines are hereby imposed on the undetakings concerned for having participated in the infringement referred to in Article 1:

- BASF Lacke+Farben AG, a fine of ECU 2 700 000,

- Accinauto SA, a fine of ECU 10 000.

2. The fines referred to in paragraph 1 shall be paid, in ecus, within three months of notification of this Decision. The amount shall be transferred in ecus to the account of the Commission of the European Communities No 310-0933000-43, Banque Bruxelles Lambert, Agence Européenne, 5 Rond Point Schumann, B-1040 Brussels.

On expiry of that period, interest shall automatically be payable at the rate charged by the European Monetary Institute on the first working day of the month in which this Decision was adopted, plus 3,5 percentage points, namely 9,50 %.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to:

1. BASF Lacke+Farben AG Glasuritstrasse 1 D-48165 Muenster-Hiltrup;

2. Accinauto SA Quai des Charbonnages 76 B-1080 Brussels.

This Decision shall be enforceable in accordance with Article 192 of the EC Treaty.

Done at Brussels, 12 July 1995.

For the Commission Karel VAN MIERT Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No 13, 21. 2. 1962, p. 204/62.

(2) OJ No 127, 20. 8. 1963, p. 2268/63.

(3) (1) (1) OJ No L 173, 30. 6. 1983, p. 1.

(1) (2) (1) (2) (1) OJ No 13, 21. 2. 1962, p. 204/62.

(2) OJ No 127, 20. 8. 1963, p. 2268/63.

(3) (1) (1) OJ No L 173, 30. 6. 1983, p. 1.

(1) (2) (1) (2) (1) OJ No 13, 21. 2. 1962, p. 204/62.

(2) OJ No 127, 20. 8. 1963, p. 2268/63.

(3) (1) (1) OJ No L 173, 30. 6. 1983, p. 1.

(1) (2) (1) (2) (1) OJ No L 173, 30. 6. 1983, p. 1.

(1) (2) (1) (2) (1) See, for example, judgments in Case 86/82 Hasselblad v. Commission [1984] ECR, p. 883; and in Case C-279/87 Tipp-Ex v. Commission [1990] ECR, p. I-26I.

(2) See also Commission Decision 88/172/EEC (Konica), OJ No L 78, 23. 3. 1988, p. 34).

(1) See the settled case-law of the Court of Justice, from Joined Cases 56 and 58/64 Consten-Grundig v. Commission [1966] ECR, p. 299 to Case C-279/87 Tipp-Ex v. Commission cited above.

(2) See judgments in Case 246/86 Belasco and others v. Commission [1989] ECR, p. 2117 and Case 19/77 Miller v. Commission [1978] ECR, p. 131.