49Article 81(1) EC applies to associations in so far as their own activities or those of the undertakings belonging to them are calculated to produce the results which it aims to suppress (Joined Cases 209/78 to 215/78 and 218/78 Van Landewyck and Others v Commission [1980] ECR 3125, paragraph 88). Having regard to the purpose of that provision, the concept of an association of undertakings must be understood as being capable of applying to associations which themselves consist of associations of undertakings (see, to that effect, Case T-193/02 Piau v Commission [2005] ECR II-209, paragraph 69; see also, by analogy, Case T-136/94 Eurofer v Commission [1999] ECR II-263, paragraph 9).
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