. "ransition-metal compound and a cocatalyst, wherein the metallocene is a compound of the formula I ##STR18## in which M1 is a metal from group IVb, Vb or VIb of the Periodic Table,R1 and R2 are identical or different and are a hydrogen atom, a C1 -C10 -alkyl group, a C1 -C10 -alkoxy group a C6 -C10 -aryl group, a C6 -C10 -aryloxy group, a C2 -C10 -alkenyl group, a C7 -C40 -arylalkyl group, a C7 -C4" . . . .