L 318/24 Official Journal of the European Communities 20. 11. 97 COMMISSION DECISION of 29 October 1997 relating to a proceeding under Article 85 of the EC Treaty and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case No IV/35.738 — Uniworld) (Only the Dutch and French texts are authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (97/781/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, Having regard to Council Regulation No 17 of 6 February 1962, First Regulation implementing Articles 85 and 86 of the Treaty ('), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Articles 6 and 8 thereof, Having regard to the notification for exemption submitted pursuant to Article 4 of Regulation No 17 on 29 September 1995, Having regard to the summary of the applicaticn and notification published pursuant to Article 19 (3) of Regulation No 17 and to Article 3 of Protocol 21 to the EEA Agreement (), After consultation with the Advisory Committee for Restrictive Practices and Dominant Positions, Whereas: 1. THE FACTS A. Introduction (1) On 29 September 1995 the Commission reczived a notification of a joint venture pursuant to Article 4 of Regulation No 17 formed by Unisource Pan-European Services BV, a subsidiary of Unisource NV, and AT&T Pan-European Services, Inc. (%), a subsidiary of AT&T Corp., under the name ‘Uniworld’. (') OJ 13, 21. 2. 1962, p. 204/62. (%) O] C 44, 12. 2. 1997, p. 4. (') Unisource Pan-European Services and AT&T Pan-Furopean Services have been created as special subsidiaries to hold the respective interests of the parent companies in Uniworld VOF. (2) This transaction is linked to the creation of Unisource. Decision 97/780/EC(*) in Case IV/35.830 — Unisource (the ‘Unisource Decision’) exempts the creation of Unisource from the application of Article 85 (1) of the EC Treaty and Article 53 (1) of the EEA Agreement. (3) As further described below, Unisource (now AT&T — Unisource Communication Services) has been created to provide pan-European telecommunications services with global connectivity to the European business market. (4) On 2 July 1997 the Commission was informed of the strategic alliance to be developed between AT&T, Unisource and the Italian company STET concerning activities in South America and Europe. As one element of that strategic alliance, STET will fully join Uniworld in the near future. The present Decision does not take any position regarding STET’s entry into Uniworld. Furthermore, if it does finally take place, the Commission will evaluate the impact of such entry on the existing Uniworld and may reassess the present Decision in the light of Article 8 of Regulation No 17. B. The parent companies (5) Unisource NV (Unisource), as further described in the Unisource Decision, is a joint venture company the shareholders of which are Telia AB, PTT Telecom BV and Swiss Telecom. Unisource is a holding company active in the telecommunications sector  that  incorporates  seven  operating subsidiaries. Total turnover of the group in 1994 was Fl 933 million (ECU 443 million). Net results were losses of Fl 41,072 million (ECU 20 million). (6) AT&T 1is a telecommunications operator in the United States providing a broad range of US and (*) See p. 1 of this Official Journal.