30In the present case, the statements in question related not to the amount of the fine but to the method of calculating it. Furthermore, the argument that staff in charge of a case have no authority to give assurances to undertakings is belied by the Leniency Notice. Indeed, according to Section E. 1 of the Leniency Notice, any undertaking that ‘wishes to take advantage of the favourable treatment set out in [the Leniency Notice]... should contact the Commission's Directorate-General for Competition’. Lastly, there have been cases where officials of the Directorate-General for Competition have given precise assurances to undertakings regarding the assessment to be made in a Decision concerning them. The applicants cite several cases in which the Commission agreed to take account of the cooperation offered by undertakings, even before publication of the Leniency Notice (see, for example, Commission Decision 94/601/EC of 13 July 1994 relating to a proceeding pursuant to Article [81] of the EC Treaty (Case IV/C/33.833 — Cartonboard) (OJ 1994 L 243, p. 1).
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