# C_2014453EN.01001101.xml

| 17.12.2014 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 453/11 |
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17.12.2014

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 453/11

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Opinion of the Advisory Committee on restrictive agreements and dominant position given at its meeting of 14 November 2013 regarding a draft decision relating to Case AT.39633(1) — Shrimps

Rapporteur: Ireland

(2014/C 453/05)

| 1. | The Advisory Committee agrees with the European Commission assessment of the facts as an agreement and/or concerted practice within the meaning of Article 101 of the TFEU. |
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The Advisory Committee agrees with the European Commission assessment of the facts as an agreement and/or concerted practice within the meaning of Article 101 of the TFEU.

| 2. | The Advisory Committee agrees that the complex of agreements and/or concerted practices constitutes a single and continuous infringement for the time frame in which it existed. |
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The Advisory Committee agrees that the complex of agreements and/or concerted practices constitutes a single and continuous infringement for the time frame in which it existed.

| 3. | The Advisory Committee agrees that the Commission is entitled to rely on evidence furnished by the leniency applicant and evidence relating to Kok Seafood in the form of recordings of telephone conversations and transcripts. |
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The Advisory Committee agrees that the Commission is entitled to rely on evidence furnished by the leniency applicant and evidence relating to Kok Seafood in the form of recordings of telephone conversations and transcripts.

| 4. | The Advisory Committee agrees with the European Commission that the agreements and/or concerted practices have as object a restriction of competition. |
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The Advisory Committee agrees with the European Commission that the agreements and/or concerted practices have as object a restriction of competition.

| 5. | The Advisory Committee agrees with the European Commission assessment on the duration of the infringement for each addressee. |
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The Advisory Committee agrees with the European Commission assessment on the duration of the infringement for each addressee.

| 6. | The Advisory Committee agrees with the European Commission draft decision as regards the conclusion that the agreements and concerted practices between the addressees were capable of having an appreciable effect upon trade between EU Member States. |
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The Advisory Committee agrees with the European Commission draft decision as regards the conclusion that the agreements and concerted practices between the addressees were capable of having an appreciable effect upon trade between EU Member States.

| 7. | The Advisory Committee agrees with the European Commission draft decision as regards the addressees of the decision, specifically with reference to imputation of liability to parent companies of the groups concerned. |
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The Advisory Committee agrees with the European Commission draft decision as regards the addressees of the decision, specifically with reference to imputation of liability to parent companies of the groups concerned.

| 8. | The Advisory Committee recommends the publication of its opinion in the Official Journal of the European Union. |
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The Advisory Committee recommends the publication of its opinion in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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