Article 2
This Decision is addressed to: 1. ABN AMRO Services Company, Inc. 200 West Monroe Street Chicago IL 60606 USA 2. BA interactive Services Holding Company, Inc. 425 First Street San Francisco CA 94105 USA 3. Barclays Electronic Commerce Holdings, Inc. 222 Broadway New York NY 10038 USA 4. Bayerische Hypo- und Vereinsbank AG Am Tucherpark 16 D - 80538 München 5. The Chase Manhattan Bank 270 Park Avenue - 44th Floor New York NY 10017 USA 6. Citibank Strategic Technology 153 East 53rd Street New York NY 10043 USA 7. Deutsche Bank AG Taunusanlage 12 D - 60325 Frankfurt a. M 8. Pyramid Ventures, Inc. 130 Liberty Street New York NY 10006 USA 9. Identrus LLC 140 East 45th Street - 16th Floor New York NY 10017 USA. Done at Brussels, 31 July 2001. For the Commission Mario Monti Member of the Commission (1) OJ 13, 21.2.1962, p. 204/62. (2) OJ L 148, 15.6.1999, p. 5. (3) OJ C 231, 11.8.2000, p. 5. (4) Certification authorities are entities or legal or natural persons who issue digital certificates for electronic commerce transactions. (5) Since the notification was filed, the following additional institutions have become equity investors in Identrus: Australia New Zealand Banking Group, Banco Santander Central Hispano, Bank of Tokyo/Mitsubishi, Banque Nationale de Paris, Caisse Nationale de Credit Agricole, CIBC WMC Inc., HSBC Financial Services Corporation, Industrial Bank of Japan, National Australia Bank, Royal Bank of Scotland, Sanwa Technology Services, Inc., Société Générale and Wells Fargo. Consequently, the number of Identrus's equity owners has already reached 21 and the share of any equity owner is below 8 %. According to the Parties' application for negative clearance, the envisaged final number of equity owners should not significantly exceed 20. (6) COM(97) 157 final. (7) OJ L 13, 19.1.2000, p. 12. (8) OJ L 275, 27.10.2000, p. 39. (9) OJ L 178, 17.7.2000, p. 1. (10) The e-Europe initiative is a two-year action plan which aims at providing all citizens of the Community with access to Information and Communications Technology (ICT) based services and applications (see: http://europa.eu.int/information_society/eeurope/index_en.htm). (11) Due to its structure, Identrus itself can only supervise a limited number of Participants regarding the requirements for the provision of trust services to end-users. Therefore, Identrus has a system of delegation in which Level One Participants have a monitoring role vis-a-vis Level Two Participants. Identrus itself will not issue digital certificates directly to Level Two Participants or to end-users. (12) Level Two Participants are scheduled to pay only 50 % of Level One Participants' chartering fees and annual membership fees. In addition, chartering fees are waived with respect to Level One Participants who make equity investments in Identrus, as those investments greatly exceed the magnitude of the chartering fees. (13) See footnote 3. (14) See Commission Decision 1999/242/EC in Case No IV.36.237 - TPS, OJ L 90, 2.4.1999, p. 6, recital 91.