No L 354/28 Official Journal of the European Communities 16. 12. 82 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 7 December 1982 relating to a proceeding under Article 85 of the EEC Treaty (IV/30.070 — National Panasonic) (Only the English text is authentic) (82/853/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 ("), and in particular Articles 3 and 1§ thereof, Having regard to the investigations carried out on 27 June 1979 in accordance with the Commission Deci- sion of 22 June 1979 at the premises of National Panasonic (UK) Ltd. Having regard to the Commission Decision of 26 April 1982 to initiate proceedings, Having regard to the written reply to the statement of objections received on 6 June 1982 in accordance with Articles 2 and 3 of Regulation No 17, Having regard to the opinion delivered by the Advi- sory Committee on Restrictive Practices and Domi- nant Positions on 22 September 1982 in accordance with Article 10 of Regulation No 17, Whereas : 1. THE FACTS A. The nature of the proceeding (1) This proceeding is directed at the export prohi- bition imposed by National Panasonic (UK) Ltd, () OJ No 13, 21. 2. 1962, p. 204/62. on one of its authorized dealers in the United Kingdom. B. The undertakings (a) Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Ltd (MEI) of Japan (2) MEI is a leading Japanese manufacturer of a wide variety of products, including consumer electronic products, with a total turnover in 1980 exceeding $ 13 500 million. MEI has 39 overseas manufacturing subsidiaries and asso- ciated companies. (b) Matsushita Electric Trading Company Ltd (MET) of Japan (3  MET is a majority owned subsidiary of MEI which operates the export and import division of the Matsushita Group. MET has 32 marketing subsidiaries and associated companies outside Japan. MET’s sales outside Japan for 1980 amounted to $ 36109 million of which ...... (%) was realized from the sale of consumer electronic products in the EEC. (c) National Panasonic (UK) Ltd (NPUK) (49 NPUK is the wholly owned marketing company of MET responsible for the import of MET consumer products in the United Kingdom and their distribution to dealers. In the year ending () In the published version of the Decision some figures have hereinafter been omitted pursuant to the provisons of Article 21 of Regulation No 17 concerning non-disclosure of business secrets.