2000/291/EC: Commission Decision of 28 July 1999 imposing fines for having supplied incorrect information in a notification submitted pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (Case No IV/M.1543 - Sanofi/Synthélabo) (notified under document number C(1999) 2290) (Text with EEA relevance) (Only the French text is authentic)
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1. A fine of EUR 50000 is hereby imposed on Sanofi pursuant to Article 14(1)(b) of Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 for having supplied incorrect information in the notification submitted to the Commission under that Regulation on 18 January 1999. 2. A fine of EUR 50000 is hereby imposed on Synthélabo pursuant to Article 14(1)(b) of Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 for having supplied incorrect information in the notification submitted to the Commission under that Regulation on 18 January 1999.
The fines referred to in Article 1 shall be paid to the Commission within three months of the date of notification of this Decision to the European Commission's account number 310-0933000-43 at the Banque Bruxelles-Lambert, Agence Europeenne, Rond Point Schuman 5, B-1040 Brussels. Upon expiry of that period, interest shall automatically be payable on the fines at the rate charged by the European Central Bank to its repo operations on the first working day of the month in which this Decision is adopted, plus 3,5 percentage points.
This Decision is addressed to: Sanofi 174 avenue de France F - 75013 Paris Synthélabo 22 avenue de Galilée , BP 82 F - 92355 Le Plessis Robinson. Done at Brussels, 28 July 1999. For the Commission Karel Van Miert Member of the Commission (1) OJ L 395, 30.12.1989, p. 1; corrigendum OJ L 257, 21.9.1990, p. 13. (2) OJ L 180, 9.7.1997, p. 1; corrigendum OJ L 40, 13.2.1998, p. 17. (3) OJ L 61, 2.3.1998, p. 1; corrigendum OJ L 66, 6.3.1998, p. 25. (4) Parts of this text have been edited to ensure that confidential information is not disclosed; those parts are enclosed in square brackets and marked with an asterisk. (5) Parts of this text have been edited to ensure that confidential information is not disclosed; those parts are enclosed in square brackets and marked with an asterisk.
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