# C_2015072EN.01001201.xml

| 28.2.2015 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 72/12 |
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28.2.2015

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 72/12

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Opinion of the Advisory Committee on restrictive agreements and dominant position given at its meeting of 17 October 2014 concerning a preliminary draft decision relating to Case AT.39924 — Swiss Franc Interest Rate Derivatives

(Bid Ask Spread Infringement)

Rapporteur: Netherlands

(2015/C 72/08)

| 1. | The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission that the anticompetitive behaviour covered by the two draft decisions constitutes agreements and/or concerted practices between relevant undertakings within the meaning of Article 101 of the TFEU and Article 53 EEA. |
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The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission that the anticompetitive behaviour covered by the two draft decisions constitutes agreements and/or concerted practices between relevant undertakings within the meaning of Article 101 of the TFEU and Article 53 EEA.

| 2. | The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission’s assessment of the product and geographic scope of the agreements and/or concerted practices contained in the two draft decisions. |
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The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission’s assessment of the product and geographic scope of the agreements and/or concerted practices contained in the two draft decisions.

| 3. | The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission that the undertakings concerned by the two draft decisions have participated in that infringement/those infringements as described in the two draft decisions. |
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The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission that the undertakings concerned by the two draft decisions have participated in that infringement/those infringements as described in the two draft decisions.

| 4. | The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission that the object of the agreements and/or concerted practices for the two infringements described in the two draft decisions was to restrict competition within the meaning of Article 101 of the TFEU and Article 53 EEA. |
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The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission that the object of the agreements and/or concerted practices for the two infringements described in the two draft decisions was to restrict competition within the meaning of Article 101 of the TFEU and Article 53 EEA.

| 5. | The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission that the agreements and/or concerted practices described in the two draft decisions have been capable of appreciably affecting trade between the Member States of the EU. |
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The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission that the agreements and/or concerted practices described in the two draft decisions have been capable of appreciably affecting trade between the Member States of the EU.

| 6. | The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission’s assessment as regards the duration for the infringements described in the two draft decisions. |
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The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission’s assessment as regards the duration for the infringements described in the two draft decisions.

| 7. | The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission as regards the addressees of the two draft decisions. |
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The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission as regards the addressees of the two draft decisions.

| 8. | The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission that fines should be imposed on the addressees of the two draft decisions. |
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The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission that fines should be imposed on the addressees of the two draft decisions.

| 9. | The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission on the application of the 2006 Guidelines on the method of setting fines imposed pursuant to Article 23(2)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 for the two draft decisions. |
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The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission on the application of the 2006 Guidelines on the method of setting fines imposed pursuant to Article 23(2)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 for the two draft decisions.

| 10. | The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission on the basic amounts of the fines for the two draft decisions. |
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The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission on the basic amounts of the fines for the two draft decisions.

| 11. | The Advisory Committee agrees with the determination of the duration for the purpose of calculating the fines for the two decisions. |
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The Advisory Committee agrees with the determination of the duration for the purpose of calculating the fines for the two decisions.

| 12. | The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission as regards the reductions of the fines based on the 2006 Leniency Notice for the two draft decisions. |
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The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission as regards the reductions of the fines based on the 2006 Leniency Notice for the two draft decisions.

| 13. | The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission as regards the reduction of the fines based on the 2008 Settlement Notice for the two decisions. |
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The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission as regards the reduction of the fines based on the 2008 Settlement Notice for the two decisions.

| 14. | The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission on the final amounts of the fines for the two decisions. |
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The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission on the final amounts of the fines for the two decisions.

| 15. | 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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