Verder wordt daarin gezegd, dat de eerste bijeenkomst heeft plaatsgevonden omstreeks december 1977, dat wil zeggen onmiddellijk na de door Linz bijgewoonde EATP-bijeenkomst van 22 november 1977 ("Because of the problems facing the polypropylene industry (...) a group of producers met in about December 1977 to discuss what, if any, measures could be pursued in order to reduce the burden of the inevitable heavy losses about to be incurred bij them"; "Wegens de problemen in de polypropyleensector (...), kwamen een aantal producenten omstreeks december 1977 bijeen om te bespreken, of - en zo ja welke - maatregelen konden worden getroffen om de zware verliezen die zij onvermijdelijk zouden lijden, zo gering mogelijk te houden").
That reply also indicates that those meetings began in about December 1977 ("Because of the problems facing the polypropylene industry ..., a group of producers met in about December 1977 to discuss what, if any, measures could be pursued in order to reduce the burden of the inevitable heavy losses about to be incurred by them"), that is to say immediately after the EATP meeting of 22 November 1977 in which Linz participated.EurLex-2 EurLex-2