(1) The competition authority may reduce the fine imposed on a cartel participant if such cartel participant
1. fulfils the conditions set out in Section 81j and
2. submits evidence of the cartel which, relative to the information and evidence already available to the competition authority, represents significant added value for the purpose of proving the offence.
(2) The amount of the reduction is determined in particular based on the usefulness of the information and evidence and based on the point in time at which the leniency applications are filed.
(3) If an applicant is the first to submit compelling evidence which the competition authority uses to prove additional facts and to impose higher fines on other cartel participants, or if a cartel participant, in the event of an application in its favour, is extensively involved in the initial provision of such evidence, those facts shall not be taken into account when setting the fine to be imposed on the applicant or, as the case may be, on the cartel participant favoured by the application.