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UCB was the first undertaking to voluntarily inform the Commission of the fact that in addition to meetings at the global level, the European producers had held a number of meetings among themselves at the European level. The evidence voluntarily provided by UCB on these meetings allowed the Commission to determine the duration of the infringement as five years and eleven months. Had the Commission remained aware only of the arrangements at the global level, the duration of the infringement would have been one year and six months. In order to reward UCB for this increase in the duration, the Commission considers it appropriate to grant UCB a reduction for attenuating circumstances equal to 25,8 % of the basic amount. This reduction corresponds to the 40 % increase in the basic amount resulting from a duration of the infringement of five years and eleven months instead of one year and six months.