243It is apparent from the considerations set out above, first, that, as regards the evidence gathered by the Commission concerning the content of the discussions which were held at the unlawful meeting of 28 January 1998 at which the applicant participated, and the applicant’s acknowledgement that it participated at that meeting, the Commission furnished evidence to the requisite legal standard that the applicant participated in the unlawful meeting of 28 January 1998. Since, as is clear from recital 78 of the contested decision (see paragraph 19 above), the contacts aimed at determining the conduct of the cartel members on the market in contemplation of the annual renegotiation of contracts between the sodium chlorate producers and their customers generally intensified at the end of the preceding year, or were carried out right at the beginning of the year in question — a fact which was not disputed during the administrative procedure or before the Court — the Court considers that the evidence furnished of the applicant’s participation in the unlawful meeting of 28 January 1998 was sufficient for the Commission to conclude that the applicant participated in the cartel throughout 1998.