14.2.2000 Official Journal of the European Communities L 39/1 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 26 October 1999 concerning a proceeding pursuant to Article 81 of the EC Treaty Case 1V/33.884 — Nederlandse Federative Vereniging voor de Groothandel op Elektrotechnisch Gebied and Technische Unie (FEG and TU) (notified under document number C(1999) 3439) (Only the Dutch text is authentic) (2000/117/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation No 17 of 6 February 1962, First Regulation implementing Articles 85 and 86 of the Treaty(!), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1216/1999 (3), and in particular Articles 3 and 15(2) thereof, Having regard to the complaint lodged on 19 March 1991 by City Electrical Factors Holdings Limited and its Dutch subsidiary City Electrical Factors BV, Having given the undertakings concerned the opportunity of being heard on the matters to which the Commission has taken objection, in accordance with Article 19(1) of Regulation No 17 read in conjunction with Commission Regulation No 99/63/EEC of 25 July 1963 on the hearings provided for in Article 19(1) and (2) of Regulation No 17 (3), After consulting the advisory Committee on Restrictive Practices and Dominant Positions, Whereas: (1) I. FACTS A. COMPLAINT On 19 March 1991, City Electrical Factors (CEF UK), a  United Kingdom wholesale distributor of electrotechnical fittings, together with its Dutch subsidiary, City Electrical Factors BV (CEF), lodged a complaint with the Commission under Articles 81 and 82 (ex Articles 85 and 86) of the Treaty. The complaint is directed against three Dutch associations in the electrotechnical fittings sector, namely the Nederlandse Federatieve Vereniging voor de Groothandel op Elektrotechnisch  Gebied (FEG), the Nederlandse Vereniging van  Alleen  Vertegenwoordigers  op Elektrotechnisch Gebied (NAVEG) and the Unie van Elektrotechnische Ondernemers (UNETO), together with the members of those associations. According to the complainants, these three associations and their members have concluded reciprocal collective exclusive dealing agreements at all levels of the distribution chain for electrotechnical fittings in the Netherlands. The complainants allege that, unless they join the FEG, it is virtually impossible for wholesale distributors of electrotechnical fittings to enter the Dutch market, since manufacturers and their agents/importers supply only FEG members and since fitting contractors purchase only from FEG members. Although the complaint concerns the whole distribution chain, it focuses primarily on the Dutch wholesale market and in particular on the FEG, which is alleged to play a crucial role in the agreements.