24.12.2016   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 484/22


Opinion of the Advisory Committee on restrictive agreements and dominant position given at its meeting of 15 October 2015 regarding a draft decision relating to Case AT.39639(2) — Optical Disk Drives

Rapporteur: Austria

(2016/C 484/08)

1.

The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission that a fine should be imposed on the addressees of the draft decision.

2.

The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission on the basic amounts of the fines.

3.

The Advisory Committee agrees with the determination of the duration for the purpose of calculating the fines.

4.

The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission on the specific increases of the basic amounts of the fines so as to ensure a sufficiently deterrent effect.

5.

The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission that there are no aggravating circumstances in this case.

6.

The Advisory Committee agrees with the application of mitigating circumstances in this case.

A minority disagree.

7.

The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission on the amounts of reductions of the fines based on the 2006 Leniency Notice.

8.

The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission on the final amounts of the fines.

9.

The Advisory Committee recommends the publication of its opinion in the Official Journal.