205Likewise, recital 152 to the Decision (see paragraph 175 above) does not support the Commission's theory in so far as it states that the North American producers were or ought to have been aware of the existence of the European arrangements. In fact, if the North American producers had been aware of those arrangements, that would have had the consequence that, in the event of a finding of a single infringement, their liability would have been extended to the whole of that infringement, provided that the arrangements had been linked to the global arrangements (see, to that effect, JFE Engineering and Others v Commission, cited in paragraph 139 above, paragraph 371). Accordingly, that factor cannot affect the liability of the European producers and does not establish the existence of a single and continuous infringement.
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