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Case No COMP/M.5320 - ALMECO / MAGE / TINOX

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REGULATION (EC) No 139/2004 MERGER PROCEDURE

Article 6(1)(b) NON-OPPOSITION Date: 18/06/2009

In electronic form on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32009M5320

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

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

Brussels, 18.06.2009 SG-Greffe(2009) D/3437 C(2009) 5031

PUBLIC VERSION

MERGER PROCEDURE ARTICLE 6(1)(b) DECISION

SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURE

To the notifying party:

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

1.On 11/05/2009 the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 by which the undertakings Almeco GmbH (“Almeco”, Germany) (a company wholly controlled by Almeco Spa, Italy) and MAGE Industrie Holding AG (“MAGE”, Germany) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of the undertaking Tinox GmbH (“Tinox”, Germany), a company currently fully owned by MAGE, by way of purchase of shares.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

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-for Almeco : production and commercialization of metal surfaces treatment and lighting reflectors .

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-for MAGE : production and commercialization of roof accessories.

1OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.

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

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for Tinox : production and commercialization of highly selective absorber surfaces (metal surface coating).

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 (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

2OJ C 56, 05.3.2005, p. 32.

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