Article 1
The Fédération nationale des syndicats d'exploitants agricoles (FNSEA), the Fédération nationale bovine (FNB), the Fédération nationale des producteurs de lait (FNPL), the Jeunes agriculteurs (JA) (formerly the Centre national des jeunes agriculteurs), the Fédération nationale de l'industrie et des commerces en gros des viandes (FNICGV) and the Fédération nationale de la coopération bétail et viande (FNCBV) infringed Article 81(1) of the Treaty by concluding on 24 October 2001 an agreement which had the object of suspending imports of beef into France and fixing a minimum price for certain categories of cattle, and by concluding verbally an agreement with a similar object at the end of November and the beginning of December 2001. The infringement began on 24 October 2001 and continued to have effect at least until 11 January 2002.