L 110/44 Official Journal of the European Union 30.4.2005 COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 10 December 2003 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 of the EC Treaty and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP|E-2/37.857 — Organic peroxides) (notified under document number C(2003) 4570 final and corrigendum C(2004) 4) (Only the English, German and Spanish texts are authentic) (2005/349/EC) On 10 December 2003, the Commission adopted a decision (C(2003) 4570 final) relating to a proceeding under Article 81 of the EC Treaty and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement. On 7 January 2004, the Commission approved by written procedure E/2/2004 (C(2004) 4) a corrigendum to the German and Spanish versions of Decision C(2003) 4570 final. In accordance with the provisions of Article 21 of Regulation 17 (1), the Commission herewith publishes the names of the parties and the main content of the decision, having regard to the legitimate interest of undertakings in the protection of their business interests. A non-confidential version of the full text of the decision can be found in the authentic languages of the case and in the Commission’s working languages at DG COMP’s website at http:/[europa.eu.int/comm/competition/index_en.html I. SUMMARY OF THE INFRINGEMENT (2)  Beginning from 1971, the main producers of organic o peroxides at that time (Akzo Nobel Chemicals Interna- Addresses and nature of the infringement tional BV and Akzo Nobel Polymer Chemicals BV, Luperox GmbH (which became part of the main German subsidiary of Atofina SA) hereinafter Akzo and Peroxid-Chemie GmbH & Co KG) entered into and parti- cipated in a continuing agreement contrary to Article 81(1) of the Treaty and Article 53(1) of the EEA Agreement covering at times all and at times most of the Community and the EEA, by which they agreed on market shares, fixed the prices of the product, agreed on — Akzo Nobel Polymer Chemicals BV and implemented a mechanism for price increases, allocated customers and set up a machinery to monitor and enforce their agreements. Peroxidos Organicos S.A. — Akzo Nobel NV (1975 to 1999) took part in a specific arrangement within the overall agreement. AC Treuhand AG (1993 to 1999) was involved as well. (1)  This Decision is addressed to the following undertakings and/or associations of undertakings: — Akzo Nobel Chemicals International BV — Atofina SA — Degussa UK Holdings Limited Duration of the infringement (3)  Duration of the participation — Peroxid-Chemie GmbH & Co KG ) ) (@) Akzo Nobel Chemicals International BV, Akzo Nobel — Peroxidos Organicos SA Polymer Chemicals BV and Akzo Nobel N.V. from 1 January 1971 to 31 December 1999; — AC Treuhand AG. (1) 0J 13, 21.2.1962, p. 204/62. Regulation as last amended by Regu- (b) Atofina SA from 1 January 1971 to 31 December lation (EC) No 1/2003 (O] L 1, 4.1.2003, p. 1). 1999;