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EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Brussels, 14.7.2014 C(2014) 5116 final
PUBLIC VERSION
SIMPLIFIED MERGER PROCEDURE
To the notifying parties
Dear Madam(s) and/or Sir(s),
Subject: Case M.7190 - BEKAERT/ MACCAFERRI/ JV Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004
1.On 18 June 2014, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which NV Bekaert SA ('Bekaert', Belgium) and Officine Maccaferri S.p.A. ('Maccaferri', Italy), a wholly-owned subsidiary of S.E.C.I. S.p.A., acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of a newly created company constituting a joint venture ('JV', Belgium) by way of purchase of shares.
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
- for Bekaert: steel wire transformation and coatings,
- for Maccaferri: environmental engineering,
- for the JV: sale and distribution of various underground and tunnelling products and solutions.
1OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 ("the Merger Regulation"). With effect from 1 December 2009, the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ("TFEU") has introduced certain changes, such as the replacement of "Community" by "Union" and "common market" by "internal market". The terminology of the TFEU will be used throughout this decision.
2Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No C 195, 25.6.2014, p. 4.
Commission européenne, DG COMP MERGER REGISTRY, 1049 Bruxelles, BELGIQUE Europese Commissie, DG COMP MERGER REGISTRY, 1049 Brussel, BELGIË
Tel: +32 229-91111. Fax: +32 229-64301. E-mail: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu.
3.After examination of the notification, the European Commission has concluded that the notified operation falls within the scope of the Merger Regulation 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 European Commission has decided not to oppose the notified operation and to declare it compatible with the internal market and with the EEA Agreement. This decision is adopted in application of Article 6(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation.
For the Commission
(Signed) Alexander ITALIANER Director-General
3OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.
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