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Taking into account the different elements of cooperation mentioned, the Commission considers that Akzo Nobel is entitled to a 30 % reduction of the fine that would otherwise have been imposed. This assessment takes into account, on the one hand, that Akzo Nobel’s report on the European arrangements was about as valuable to the Commission as the information and evidence on those arrangements supplied earlier by UCB, but arrived two and a half years later and, on the other hand, that Akzo Nobel, as opposed to UCB, did not contest the facts on which the Commission based its allegations. As a result, both undertakings merit the same percentage reduction.