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REGULATION (EC) No 139/2004 MERGER PROCEDURE

Article 6(1)(b) NON-OPPOSITION Date: 01/04/2005

In electronic form on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32005M3750

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

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

Brussels, 01.IV.2005

SG-Greffe(2005) D/201588

MERGER PROCEDURE ARTICLE 6(1)(b) DECISION

SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURE

The notifying party

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

1.On 22/02/2005, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004, by which the undertaking Ceasar Holding AB, controlled by EQT IV Fund (ìEQT IVî, Guernsey, Channel Islands), itself part of EQT, acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Sanitec International S.A. (ìSanitecî, Finland), which is presently controlled by BC Funds, by way of purchase of shares.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are :

-- EQT Group is a private equity portfolio company managing funds such as EQT IV Fund.

-- Sanitec designs, manufactures and markets bathroom ceramics, bath and shower products.

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

- Ceasar is a new holding company created for the purpose of acquiring Sanitec.

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 (b) of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain

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

2Available on DG COMP website: http://europa.eu.int/comm/competition/mergers/legislation/consultation/simplified_tru.pdf.

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