8.8.84 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 212/13 COMMISSION DECISION of 23 July 1984 relating to a proceeding under Article 85 of the EEC Treaty (IV/30.988 — Agreements and concerted practices in the flat-glass sector in the Benelux countries) (Only the Dutch and French texts are authentic) (84/388/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation No 17 of 6 February 1962, First Regulation implementing Articles 85 and 86 of the Treaty (1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Greece, and in particular Articles 3 and 15 thereof, Having decided on its own initiative on 8 August 1983 to open proceedings in respect of a set of agreements and related concerted practices in the flat-glass sector in the Benelux countries involving the undertakings BSN SA, Paris, Glaverbel SA, Brussels, Maasglas BV and Glaverned BV, both of Tiel, the Netherlands, on the one hand, and Compagnie de Saint-Gobain SA, Paris, Glaceries de Saint-Roch SA, Sambreville, Belgium, Glasfabriek Sas van Gent BV, Sas van Gent, the Netherlands, and Alglas BV, Driebergen-Rijsenberg, the Netherlands, on the other hand, Having given the parties an opportunity to reply to the objections raised by it, in accordance with Article 19 (1) of Regulation No 17 and with Commission Regulation No 99/63/EEC of 25 July 1963 on the hearings provided for in Article 19 (1) and (2) of Council Regulation No 17 (2), Having consulted the Advisory Committee on Restrictive Practices and Dominant Positions, Whereas: [. THE FACTS A. THE PRODUCTS (1)  The products concerned in this case are types of flat glass, which fall into two main categories: (') OJ No 13, 21. 2. 1962, p. 204/62. (2) OJ No 127, 20. 8. 1963, p. 2268/63. 1. raw glass products straight out of the furnace, only cut into certain sizes: floatglass, sheet glass, cast glass; 2. finished glass products of which there is a very wide and continually increasing range: insulating-glass,  toughened glass and laminated glass for the construction and motor industries, silvered glass, reflecting-glass, worked glass, etc. B. THE UNDERTAKINGS The undertakings concerned in this case are, on the one hand: — Glaverbel SA, Brussels (hereinafter ‘Glaverbel’), — Maasglas BV (formerly Machinale Glasfabrieck De Maas BV), Tiel, the Netherlands (hereinafter ‘Maasglas’), — Glaverned BV, Tiel, the Netherlands (hereinafter ‘Glaverned’), — BSN SA, Paris (hereinafter ‘BSN’), and — Asahi Glass, Japan (hereinafter ‘Asahi’), and on the other hand: — Glaceries de Saint-Roch SA, Sambreville, Belgium (hereinafter ‘Saint-Roch’), — Glasfabriek Sas van Gent BV, Sas van Gent, the Netherlands (hereinafter ‘Sas van Gent’), — Alglas BV, Driebergen-Rijsenberg, the Netherlands (hereinafter ‘Alglas’), and — Compagnie de Saint-Gobain, Paris la Défense, France (hereinafter ‘Saint-Gobain’). Until May 1981 Glaverbel and Maasglas were owned by BSN through its Belgian holding company Mécaniver SA. In May 1981 BSN sold 80 % of the two companies’ equity to the