Case No COMP/M.4531 - WWL / EUKOR / ARMACUP / AGENCIE

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REGULATION (EC) No 139/2004 MERGER PROCEDURE

Article 6(1)(b) NON-OPPOSITION Date: 10/05/2007

In electronic form on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32007M4531

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

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

Brussels, 10/05/2007

SG-Greffe(2007) D/202785

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.4531 ñ WWL/EUKOR/Armacup/Agencie Notification of 29 March 2007 pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004 Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No. C 78, 11.04.07, p.26

1.On 29 March 2007, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 by which the undertakings Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics AS ("WWL", Norway), EUKOR Car Carries Inc. ("EUKOR", Korea), both jointly controlled by Walleniusrederierna AB (Sweden) and Wilh. Wilhelmsen ASA (Norway), and Oxford Trust ("Oxford", New Zealand) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control, together with Raffles Foundation Trust, of the undertakings Armacup Maritime Services Ltd ("Armacup", New Zealand) and Agencie Maritime Holdings Ltd ("Agencie", New Zealand) by way of purchase of shares.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are :

-- for undertaking WWL : providing sea transportation for roll-on/roll-off cargo, operating sea terminals and inland processing/logistic centres;

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-- for undertaking EUKOR : providing sea transportation for roll-on/roll-off cargo, providing logistic services to the automotive industry;

-- for undertaking Armacup : general agent for Agencie;

-- for undertaking Agencie : operating regular roll-on/roll-off services from Korea and Japan to Fiji and New Zealand.

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 a of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004.

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 Philip LOWE Director General

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