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ARTICLE 1

THE AGREEMENT OF THE 6 JULY 1970 , CONCLUDED BETWEEN KALI UND SALZ AG AND KALI CHEMIE AG , CONCERNING THE DISTRIBUTION BY KALI UND SALZ AG OF THE STRAIGHT POTASH FERTILIZER OF KALI CHEMIE AG , CONSTITUTES AN INFRINGEMENT OF ARTICLE 85 ( 1 ) OF THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY .

ARTICLE 2

THE APPLICATION FOR AN EXEMPTION UNDER ARTICLE 85 ( 3 ) IS REFUSED .

ARTICLE 3

THE UNDERTAKINGS NAMED IN ARTICLE 1 ARE REQUIRED TO BRING THE STATED INFRINGEMENT TO AN END .

ARTICLE 4

THIS DECISION IS ADDRESSED TO THE FOLLOWING UNDERTAKINGS :

1 . KALI UND SALZ AG

D - 35 KASSEL 1 FRIEDRICH-EBERT-STRASSE 160

2 . KALI CHEMIE AG

D - 3 HANNOVER HANS-BOECKLER-ALLEE 20 .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 21 DECEMBER 1973 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

THE PRESIDENT

FRANCOIS-XAVIER ORTOLI

( 1 ) OJ NO 13 , 21 . 2 . 1962 , P . 204/62 .

( 2 ) OJ NO 127 , 20 . 8 . 1963 , P . 2268/63 .

( 3 ) ONE OF THE SPANISH POTASH PRODUCERS IS A SUBSIDIARY COMPANY OF SOLVAY . THE SPANISH PRODUCTION IS SOLD CENTRALLY THROUGH THE COMMERCIAL DE POTASAS S.A .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 217 , 6 . 8 . 1973 , P . 3 .