Ι. Joint examination of the complaints lodged by a) the "Association of Tobacco Outlet Operators of Athens and Suburbs" against the company "PAPASTRATOS CMC SA", b) “Association of Tobacco Wholesale Outlet Operators of Thessaloniki”, alias “Association of Tobacco Outlet Operators of Thessaloniki”, against the same company as above, c) “Association of Tobacco Outlet Operators of Athens and Suburbs” against the companies "PAPASTRATOS CMC SA", “BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO HELLAS S.A.”, “KARELIA TOBACCO COMPANY INC.”, “ATHANASSIOU TRADING COMPANY S.A.” and “IMPERIAL TOBACCO HELLAS S.A.” and d) by the “Association of Tobacco Wholesale Outlet Operators of Thessaloniki”, alias “Association of Tobacco Outlet Operators of Thessaloniki” et al, against the companies “ATHANASSIOU TRADING COMPANY S.A.”, “IMPERIAL TOBACCO HELLAS S.A.” and “BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO HELLAS S.A.” for alleged infringements of Articles 1 and 2 of L. 3959/2011, and/or Articles 101 and 102 TFEU.
ΙΙ. Commitments proposed by the companies “BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO HELLAS S.A.”, “KARELIA TOBACCO COMPANY INC.”, “ATHANASSIOU TRADING COMPANY S.A.” and “IMPERIAL TOBACCO HELLAS S.A.”, in the context of the joint examination of the above complaints, intended to allay concerns about possible infringements of Articles 1 of L. 3959/2011 and 101 TFEU, in view of the vertical restrictions included in the terms of the recently-concluded distribution agreements between the aforementioned companies and new distributors, which concern the geographical area in which or the customers to which the distributor is allowed to sell the contractual products as well as the exchange of information with the distributor.
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