8.1.1999 Official Journal of the European Communities L 4/27 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 14 December 1998 relating to a proceeding under Article 85 of the EC Treaty (IV/35.280 — Sicasov) (notified under document number C(1998) 3452) (Only the French text is authentic) (1999/6/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, 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 2, 4 and 8 thereof, Having regard to the request for negative clearance and the notification submitted on 26 October 1994 by Sicasov (Société coopérative d’intérét collectif agricole anonyme a capital variable) Paris, France in respect of standard licensing agreements for the production and sale of seeds, Having regard to the summary of that notification, published (%) pursuant to Article 19(3) of Regulation No 17, Having consulted the Advisory Committee on Restrictive Practices and Dominant Positions, () OJ 13, 21. 2. 1962, p. 204/62. () OJ C 95, 19. 4. 1995, p. 8. Whereas: I. THE FACTS A. THE UNDERTAKINGS (a) Sicasov Sicasov groups together the breeders of plant vari- eties protected in France. No member of Sicasov may hold more than 10 % of the share capital or 10 % of the voting rights. Sicasov’s objects are as follows: — to take over, under an exclusive or non- exclusive licence, the plant varieties entrusted to it by its members, and all incorporeal rights relating to agriculture and the agri-foodstuffs industry, — to make new or improved plant material avail- able, under the best technical and economic conditions, to farmers and the agri-foodstuffs industry, — to grant licences or sub-licences allowing breeders’ plant varieties to be produced, multi- plied and marketed under its supervision,