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Case No COMP/M.3634 - ISUZU / BERGE / MITSUBISHI / JV

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REGULATION (EC) No 139/2004 MERGER PROCEDURE

Article 6(1)(b) NON-OPPOSITION Date: 21/12/2004

In electronic form on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32004M3634

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

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

Brussels, 21.12.2004

SG-Greffe(2004) D/206059/60/61

PUBLIC VERSION

MERGER PROCEDURE ARTICLE 6(1)(b) DECISION

SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURE

To the notitying parties

Dear Sirs,

Subject: Case No. COMP/M.3634 ñ Isuzu / BergÈ / Mitsubishi / JV Notification of 18.11.2004 pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004 Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No. C289 of 26.11.2004, page 6

1.On 18.11.2004, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004 by which the undertakings BergÈ Automation S.L. (ìBAî, Spain), Isuzu Motors Ltd (ìIsuzuî, Japan), and Mitsubishi Corporation (ìMitsubishiî, Japan) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of the undertaking Distribuidora de VehÌculos Isuzu Iberica S.A. (ìIsuzu Spainî, Spain) by way of purchase of shares.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

-- for BA: wholesale and retail distribution of motor vehicles;

-- for Isuzu: manufacture of automobiles;

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Commission europÈenne, B-1049 Bruxelles / Europese Commissie, B-1049 Brussel - Belgium. Telephone: (32-2) 299 11 11.

-- for Mitsubishi: general worldwide trading company;

-- for Isuzu Spain: distribution of automobiles and spare parts.

2.After examination of the notification, the Commission has concluded that the notified operation falls within the scope of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004 and of paragraph 5, subparagraph c,399 of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No139/2004.

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 (EC) No. 139/2004.

For the Commission

signed Neelie KROES Member of the Commission

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