M. Peter Sutherland, Membre de la Commission responsable de la politique de concurrence, a souligne a maintes occasions que dans les cas graves - et la Commission considere la presente affaire comme l'un des plus serieux exemples d'abus de position dominante - les entreprises qui enfreignent les regles de concurrence communautaires doivent s'attendre a se voir infliger des amendes fixees a un niveau dissuasif.
The Commissioner Peter Sutherland, responsible for competition matters, has on many occasions stressed that in grave cases - and the present case is regarded by the Commission as one of the most serious possible examples of an abuse of dominant position - firms infringing the EEC competition rules can expect to receive fines set at a deterrent level.