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REGULATION (EEC) No 4064/89 MERGER PROCEDURE

Article 6(1)(b) NON-OPPOSITION Date: 17/05/2001

Also available in the CELEX database Document No 301M2409

Office for Official Publications of the European Communities L-2985 Luxembourg

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

Brussels, 17/05/2001

SG (2001) D/288541

PUBLIC VERSION

MERGER PROCEDURE ARTICLE 6(1)(b) DECISION

SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURE

To the notifying parties

Dear Madam(s) and/or Sir(s),

Subject: Case No. COMP/M. 2409 - Rail Gourmet Holdings/Narvesen Notification of 11/04/01 pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 14064/89 Publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities No. C 122, 25/04/2001, page 6.

1.On 11/04/01, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 4064/89 by which Rail Gourmet [controlled by SairGroup of Switzerland] acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of RGT Norge AS, wholly owned subsidiary of the Reitan Narvesen ASA [controlled by Reitangruppen AS of Norway], by way of purchase of shares.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

-- for Reitan Narvesen ASA: Food retailing, catering and wholesaling.

-- for Rail Gourmet: Catering services at stations and on board trains.

-- for RGT Norge AS: Catering services on board trains.

1OJ L 395, 30.12.1989 p. 1; corrected version OJ L 257 of 21.9.1990, p. 13, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1310/97, OJ L 180, 9.7.1997, p. 1, corrigendum in OJ L 40, 13.2.1998, p. 17.

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3.After examination of the notification, the Commission has concluded that the notified operation falls within the scope of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 4064/89 and of paragraph 4, subparagraph a of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89.

For the reasons set out in the Notice on a simplified procedure, the Commission has decided not to oppose the notified operation and to declare it compatible with the common market and with the EEA Agreement. This decision is adopted in application of Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 4064/89.

For the Commission

Mario MONTI Member of the Commission (signed)

2OJ C 217, 29.07.2000, p. 32.

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