405The applicant rejects the Commission's argument that the disclosure to the press of the information in question is not imputable to it. In the applicant's view, it matters little whether the information was sent officially. Under Article 288 EC, the Commission is liable for an infringement committed by one of its officials where that infringement is directly connected with the performance of his duties (Case C-9/69Sayag and Others [1969] ECR 329), which is the situation in this case. Whether or not the infringement was authorised by the Commission is therefore irrelevant, by analogy with holding an undertaking responsible for competition infringements committed by its staff (Musique Diffusion française and Others v Commission, cited in paragraph 58 above, paragraphs 37 to 70 and 112).