232In the present case, the Commission took the view that the applicant had participated in an agreement and concerted practice, the object of which was to restrict competition within the common market and which affected trade between Member States (points 133 to 138 of the Decision). As has already been found (see paragraph 112 above), it is clear from the grounds of the Decision that the Commission took the view that the collusion between the undertakings covered the whole of the territory of the Community. Since the Commission therefore found that there had been an infringement whose object was to restrict competition throughout the Community, it was not necessary first to define the geographical market before it found that there was such a restriction of competition (see, to the same effect, Joined Cases 56/64 and 58/64 Consten and Grundig v Commission [1966] ECR 299, 342 and Case T-29/92 SPO and Others v Commission [1995] ECR II-289, paragraph 74).
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