Decision concerning the ex officio investigation, following the preliminary decision No 453/V/2009 of the HCC, for the examination of possible infringement of articles 1 and 2 of Law 703/1977 (current articles 1 and 2 of Law 3959/2011), as well as articles 81 and 82 of TEU (current art. 101 & 102 TFEU), by the companies «COLGATE-PALMOLIVE (HELLAS) S.A.», «COLGATE-PALMOLIVE EMPORIKI (HELLAS) SOLE PARTNER LTD» and by companies of retail and wholesale of supermarket products. In particular, according to the confidential Statement of Objections (SO), the companies «COLGATE-PALMOLIVE (HELLAS) S.A.», «COLGATE-PALMOLIVE EMPORIKI (HELLAS) SOLE PARTNER LTD» and «COLGATE-PALMOLIVE Co» infringed articles 1 and 2 of Law 703/1977 (current Law 3959/2011) as well as articles 81 and 82 of TEU (current art. 101 & 102 TFEU), for the period 1999-2008. In addition, according to the SO, articles 1 of L. 703/77 (current Law 3959/2011) and 81 and 82 of TEU (current art. 101 & 102 TFEU) were infringed by the supermarket chains KYPSELI S.A. (2001-2004), ALPHA-VETA VASILOPOULOS S.A. (2006-2007), SKLAVENITIS S.A. (2006), MAKRO CASH & CARRY S.A. (2006-2008) and PENTE S.A. (2006-2007).
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