323The Commission submits that the deliberate nature of Dalmine's infringement is incontestable and that there is no need to prove that it was aware that it was infringing Article 81(1) EC. On the contrary, it is sufficient that it could not have been unaware that the conduct with which it is charged had as its object the restriction of competition (Case 246/86 Belasco and Others v Commission [1989] ECR 2117, paragraph 41, and Case 19/77 Miller v Commission [1978] ECR 131). It is unlikely that an undertaking like Dalmine could have been unaware of the most elementary rules in force prohibiting the restriction of competition (see in that regard, point 1 A of the Guidelines).
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