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In the Commission’s view, the infringements in this case are very serious. A notification is the basis and the starting point for the Commission’s investigation of a concentration. It determines to a large extent the approach of the Commission towards the case and the areas and focal points of its investigation. Incorrect information creates the risk that important aspects relevant for the competitive assessment of the transaction are neither investigated nor analysed by the Commission resulting in its final decision being flawed since it is based on incorrect or incomplete information. The same may be said of the failure to provide correct information in the Article 11 Reply which prevented the Commission from making a full and proper assessment of the merger.