L 180/20 Official Journal of the European Union 4.7.2006 COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 17 December 2002 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 of the EC Treaty and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement against SGL Carbon AG, Le Carbone-Lorraine SA, Ibiden Co. Ltd, Tokai Carbon Co. Ltd, Toyo Tanso Co. Ltd, GrafTech International Ltd, NSCC Techno Carbon Co. Ltd, Nippon Steel Chemical Co. Ltd, Intech EDM BV and Intech EDM AG (Case C.37.667 — Specialty Graphite) (notified under document number C(2002) 5083) (Only the English, French, German and Dutch versions are authentic) (2006/460[EC) On 17 December 2002, the Commission adopted a decision relating to a proceeding under Article 81 of the EC Treaty and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement. In accordance with the provisions of Article 30 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 ('), the Commission herewith publishes the names of the parties and the main content of the decision, having regard to the legitimate interest of undertakings in the protection of their business interests. A non-confidential version of the full text of the decision can be found in the authentic languages of the case and in the Commission’s working languages on the Competition Directorate-General website (http://ec.europa.eu.int/comm/competition/index_en.html) 1. SUMMARY OF THE INFRINGEMENT 1.1. Addressees This decision is addressed to the following undertakings: on account of the cartel affecting the isostatic specialty graphite market: — GrafTech International Ltd, — SGL Carbon AG, — Le Carbone-Lorraine SA, — Ibiden Co. Ltd, — Tokai Carbon Co. Ltd, — Toyo Tanso Co. Ltd, — Nippon Steel Chemical Co., Ltd/NSCC Techno Carbon Co. Ltd, — Intech EDM BV/Intech EDM AG; () OJ L 1, 4.1.2003, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 411/2004 (O] L 68, 6.3.2004, p. 1). on account of the cartel affecting the extruded specialty graphite market: — SGL Carbon AG, — GrafTech International Ltd. 1.2. Nature of the infringement The case concerns two hard-core cartels between the producers of isostatic and extruded specialty graphite, respectively. The Commission has gathered evidence that from July 1993 to February 1998 in the isostatic cartel, and from February 1993 to November 1996 in the extruded one, the cartel participants agreed on price targets for the product and exchanged sales volume and other commercial information. The two cartels covered the whole world. The Decision deals with infringements in the Community, as well as in the EEA since 1 January 1994. Both infringements consists on the participation of the abovementioned addressees in continuing agreements andfor concerted actions contrary to Article 81(1) of the EC Treaty (from February 1986) and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (from January 1994) covering the whole of the EEA, by which they agreed on price targets for the product; agreed on price increases; exchanged sales volume and other commercial infor- mation and monitored and enforced their agreements. The arrangements on the isostatic market also concerned the agreement of trading conditions and, notably at local level, occasional repartition of customers.