1. HONDOS PALACE DEPARTMENT STORES S.A.
2. HONDOS CENTER S.A.

The Competition Commission in Plenary, in the context of an ex-officio investigation of the General Directorate of Competition in the relevant market of cosmetics of high quality and price, following the complaints of the company "NOTOS COM HOLDINGS SA" for possible violation of Articles 1 and 2 of the Greek law 703/77 (current Articles 1 and 2 of Greek Competition Act 3959/2011, as in force), i.e. infringements which have been left out of the settlement procedure that has already been adopted by the companies of HONTOS interests, decided that:

• The horizontal agreement in question entails a restriction of competition by object within the HONDOSCENTER network of stores, focusing mainly on the formation of the level of retail prices and constitutes a per se infringement, as the companies of HONDOS’s interest (except for HONTOS PALACE which did not participate in the settlement) admit in the Settlement Proposals. The proposals were accepted by the Commissio, leading to the adoption of Decision no. 636/2017.
• Regarding the electronic mail that circulates within the network of HONDOSCENTER stores, there is a collusion between the licensor, which sends the e-mails and the licensees - recipients of this e-mail.

For these reasons, the Competition Commission in Plenary decided the following:

I.Finds that the company HONTOS PALACE DEPARTMENT STORES SA violated Article 1 of Law 703/77, as in force, and Article 81 EEC (now 101 TFEU), by participating in a prohibited horizontal cartel for setting retail and exchange prices, for the period from 01.7.2003 to 30.06.2006.

II.Finds that the company HONDOS CENTER S.A. violated, Article 1 of law 703/77, as in force, as well as article 81 EC (already 101 TFEU) for the period from 01.7.2003 to 30.06.2006, due to its participation in a prohibited vertical cartel (pricing), based on the practices described above.

III. It obliges the aforementioned companies to omit in the future the violation found in the above reasoning of Article 1 of law 703/77, as it was in force, and of article 81 EC (already 101 TFEU).

IV. Imposes a fine for the violation of article 1 of law 703/77, as in force, as well as article 81 EC (already 101 TFEU) to the company HONTOS PALACE DEPARTMENT STORES SA amounting to one hundred and fifty thousand seven hundred twenty-six euros and seventy-seven cents (153,726.77 €).