Article 1
The shareholders' agreement dated 14 October 1975 and the related agreements notified on 28 October 1975 and entered into by Bohlen Industrie AG, Wasagchemie GmbH and other companies controlled by them on the one hand and by Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd and other companies controlled by it on the other hand concerning their joint participation in a joint venture company for the manufacture and sale of blackpowder infringe Article 85 (1) of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and may not be implemented. (1)Meeting between representatives of ICI and the Commission, London, 23 February 1976.