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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2005-493/division-2/1/3/2",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2005/493",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 1 October 2003 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 of the EC Treaty and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement against Chisso Corporation, Daicel Chemical Industries Ltd, Hoechst AG, The Nippon Synthetic Chemical Industry Co. Ltd and Ueno Fine Chemicals Industry Ltd (Case No C.37.370 — Sorbates) (notified under document number C(2003) 3426) (Only the English and German texts are authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (2005/493/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2005-493",
  "path": "division/2/1/3/2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "(24)",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In the case of Hoechst, being by far the largest undertaking concerned by this Decision, the Commission considers that the appropriate starting amount for a fine resulting from the criterion of the relative importance in the market concerned requires further upward adjustment to take account of its size and its overall resources. Therefore, the starting amount of its fine determined in recital 22 should be increased by 100 % to EUR 40 million.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2005/493/division/2/1/3/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:17:51.787265+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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