11. 2. 87 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 41/31 II (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 17 December 1986 relating to a proceeding under Article 85 of the EEC Treaty (IV/31340 — Mitchell Cotts/Sofiltra) (Only the French and English texts are authentic) (87/100/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Whereas : Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, L THE FACTS Having regard to Council Regulation No 17 of 6 February 1962, First Regulation implementing Articles 85 and 86 A. Subject of the Decision of the Treaty ('), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular Articles 6 and 8 (1)  This Decision concerns Agreements between M. C. thereof, Engineering and Sofiltra for the creation of a joint venture company, Mitchell Cotts Air Filtration Ltd, in the United Kingdom with the grant of a Having regard to the notification of the agreements know-how licence to the joint venture for the hereinafter mentioned and the application for negative manufacture and marketing of high-efficiency air clearance submitted on 20 September 1984 by Mitchell filters using microfine glass fibre for the nucleatr, Cotts & Co. (Engineering) Ltd, Birmingham, United biological, chemical and computer markets. Kingdom (hereinafter ‘M. C. Engineering) and Sofiltra Poelman SA, France (hereinafter ‘Sofiltra’) concerning the creation of a joint venture company, Mitchell Cotts Air B. The Undertaki Filtration Ltd (hereinafter ‘the Joint Venture’) which - e Undertakings Agreements were made effective as of 5 July 1984 and L - comprise a Joint Venture Agreement, a Know-how @ x'itgl;ellilng(:,gf;nr(l}grc:i 2 wl}; °l(l‘¥hzw&eii;:551%l:;z (,))f Licence Agreement and the Memorandum and Articles of hich is a United Kip § bli . }I: ’ Association of the Joint Venture, which Is 2 “nited Ringdom public company with a group turnover for the year up to 30 June 1985 of approximately £ 377 million, whose principal inte- Having regard to the summary of the notification rests are in the fields of international engineering, published (%) pursuant to Article 19 (3) of Regulation No transportation and trading. b \ (3)  Sofiltra is a société anonyme incorporated under the ' laws of France. Sofiltra is a part of the Contracting After consulting the AdVlSOl'y Committee on Restrictive and Services Division of the Groupe Saint-Gobain, Practices and Dominant Positions, which owns approximately 72 % of Sofiltra’s ' shares. The turnover of Saint-Gobain as of 31 () OJ No 13, 21. 2. 1962, p. 204/62. December 1983 was in excess of FF 57 billion, and (® OJ No C 245, 1. 10. 1986, p. 2. its principal manufacturing activities are in the