84Moreover, contrary to what is claimed by the appellants, that interpretation of the final paragraph of point 23(b) of the Leniency Notice is in no way at odds with the objective pursued by that notice, since, as the General Court held in paragraph 167 of the judgment under appeal, the effectiveness of leniency programmes would be undermined if undertakings no longer had an incentive to be the first to submit information revealing the existence of a cartel to the Commission (see, to that effect, the order in Kuwait Petroleum and Others v Commission, C‑581/12 P, EU:C:2013:772, paragraph 20).
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