Cartel - Undertaking concerned: The TPICE rules that a consultancy firm that provides services to members of a cartel can be subject to Art. 81.1 EC (AC-Treuhand)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. Court of First Instance of the European Communities, 8 July 2008, Case T-99/04, AC-Treuhand AG v Commission Facts Three producers had set up a cartel on the European organic peroxide market to preserve their market share and coordinate their price increases. In order to ensure the proper functioning of the cartel, regular meetings were organised between them by a third company. The latter was more broadly responsible for secretariat activity under the agreement. In particular, it was responsible for keeping on its premises certain secret documents relating to the cartel, collecting and processing certain data concerning the commercial activity of the