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C 153/4 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 24.5.2001

Notification of a set of agreements

(Case COMP/38.051 �Pro Europe)

(2001/C 153/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1. On 22 December 2000, with necessary complement on 22 March 2001, the Commission received an
application and a notification of agreements pursuant to Articles 2 and 4 of Council Regulation No 17. It
concerns the company Packaging Recovery Organisation Europe, or Pro Europe, which ARA (of Austria),
DSD (of Germany), Eco-Emballages (of France), EcoEmbalajes Espaæa (of Spain), Valorlus (of Luxembourg),
Sociedade Ponto Verde (of Portugal), Repak (of Republic of Ireland) and FOST Plus (of Belgium) run to
administer the use of the Green Dot trademark. The Green Dot is a symbol used widely to mark consumer
packaging that has participated in the financing of a collection and recovery system.

2. The set of agreements contains (i) the Articles of Association; (ii) the General Licensing Agreement
whereby DSD has granted to Pro Europe the right to control the trademark outside Germany, as well as
(iii) Provisional, Principal and Supplementary Licensing Agreements with eight national packaging recovery
systems, including those mentioned above other than DSD plus Materialretur (of Norway). These licensing
agreements give the principal licensees the exclusive right to use and sub-license the Green Dot trademark
in their respective areas of activity which cover each the territory of one country. They also contain the
conditions for granting sub-licenses.

3. The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the creation
and operations Pro Europe.

4. Observations, with reference to case COMP/38.051, must reach the Commission not later than one
month following the date of this publication. Observations can be sent by fax (No (32-2) 295 30 80), or by
post to:

European Commission,
Directorate-General for Competition,
Directorate D-3,
Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200,
B-1049 Brussels.