174Moreover, as regards the applicant's assertion that the Commission should have imposed a ‘symbolic’ fine on it, it should be noted that, according to Section 5(d) of the Guidelines, the Commission must ‘reserve the right, in certain cases, to impose a ‘symbolic’ fine of [EUR] 1000, which would not involve any calculation based on the duration of the infringement or any aggravating or attenuating circumstances’. The applicant has not shown why a symbolic fine would have been justified in this case. In view of the fact that it participated in a very serious infringement for more than four years, the Court considers that it would be very difficult to establish any such justification. Nor can the applicant's cooperation in the procedure justify such a fine. As indicated in paragraph 139 above, the applicant has already received the maximum reduction of 50% in accordance with Section D(1) of the Leniency Notice. Moreover, the fact that the applicant intended to comply with the competition rules before the adoption of the contested decision does not constitute a sufficient reason for the Commission to confine itself to imposing a symbolic fine. It must be borne in mind, in that connection, that it is clear from the case-law that the deterrence of third parties, and not only of the undertaking concerned, is an important aim of Article 15(2) of Regulation No 17 (see the case-law cited in paragraph 172 above).
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