Division (10) The infringements on which the Commission bases the fines decision are:

infringement of Article 14(1)(b) Merger Regulation due to Tetra’s failure to disclose the Tetra Fast technology in Section 8.10 of Form CO requiring the disclosure of R&D in affected markets;

infringement of Article 14(1)(c) Merger Regulation due to Tetra’s failure to disclose the Tetra Fast technology in replying to the Commission’s Article 11 request of 13 July 2001 in which:

1. (i)

   question 4 requested Tetra to describe developments regarding PET packaging for juice and liquid dairy products (LDP) (Tetra knew about the aseptic quality of Tetra Fast which is of particular relevance to packaging juice and LDP); and

2. (ii)

   question 5 asked for ongoing development in PET barrier technologies (Tetra had filed a coating patent based on the Tetra Fast technology).