Article 1
Subject to the parties' full compliance with the commitments summarised in recitals 18, 403 and 448 to 474, and set out in detail in Annexes I and II respectively, the concentration notified on 18 February 2000 whereby the undertakings Novartis AG (Novartis) and AstraZeneca plc will spin off and merge their activities in the area of crop protection into a newly incorporated company, Syngenta AG (Syngenta) and whereby Novartis will also transfer its seeds business to Syngenta, is compatible with the common market and the functioning of the EEA Agreement.