L218/14 Official Journal of the European Communities 18.8.1999 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 20 May 1999 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 of the EC Treaty (Case 1V[36.592 — Cégétel + 4) (notified under document number C(1999) 1194) (Only the English, French and German texts are authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (1999/573/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 Australia, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Articles 2, 6 and 8 thereof, Having regard to the application for negative clearance and the notification for exemption submitted pursuant to Articles 2 and 4 of Regulation No 17 on 18 July 1997, Having regard to the summary of the application and noti- fication published pursuant to Article 19(3) of Regulation No 17.0), After consultation with the Advisory Committee for Restrictive Practices and Dominant Positions, Whereas: I. THE FACTS A. INTRODUCTION (1)  On 18 July 1997 the Commission received a notification pursuant to Article 4 of Regulation No 17 concerning a set of agreements, by which Compagnie générale des () O] 13, 21.2.1962, p. 204/62. () O] C 238, 29.7.1998, p. 3. eaux SA ‘(CGE), British Telecommunications plc (BT), Mannesmann AG and SBC International Inc. (‘SBCT) agreed on their respective contributions, interests and commercial relationships in connection with Cégétel (Compagnie générale de télécommunications). (2)  This notification concerns the restructuring of Cégétel, a company which was created at the end of 1995 by CGE and has since been active on previously liberalised segments of the telecommunications market particularly in mobile telephony (Société francaise de radiotélé- phonie — SFR) and in paging (Société francaise de trans- mission de données par radio — TDR). It is related to the notification of the agreements between the SNCF (Société nationale des chemins de fer francais) and Cégétel concerning Télécom Développe- ment (TD’) (see notice pursuant to Article 19(3) of Regulation No 17 — Case 1V[36.581 (})), a jointly controlled subsidiary to which SNCF has contributed its existing telecommunications network (9 000 km of optical fibre cables), now being developed into an altern- ative long-distance infrastructure network, by the addi- tional roll-out of 6 000 km of optical fibre cables. () O] C 293, 22.9.1998, p. 4.