EUROPEAN COMMISSION DG Competition

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REGULATION (EC) No 139/2004 MERGER PROCEDURE

Article 6(1)(b) NON-OPPOSITION Date: 21/05/2024

In electronic form on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32024M11432

EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Brussels, 21.5.2024 C(2024) 3512 final

PUBLIC VERSION

Haier Europe Appliances Holding B.V. Zuidplein 116 1077 XV Amsterdam the Netherlands

Dear Sir or Madam,

(1) On 23 April 2024, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which Haier Europe Appliances Holding B.V. (‘Haier’, the Netherlands), controlled by Haier Group Corporation (China), will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of Carrier Refrigeration Benelux B.V. (‘CCR’, the Netherlands), currently controlled by Carrier Global Corporation (United States), by 3 way of purchase of shares and assets. ( )

(2) The business activities of the undertakings concerned are the following:

– Haier manufactures and supplies consumer electronics and domestic appliances globally, and,

– CCR manufactures and supplies globally commercial and industrial refrigeration solutions for stationary cooling, mainly in the food value chain and for retail application.

(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(d) of the Commission Notice on a simplified treatment for certain 4 concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. ( )

1() OJ 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.

2() OJ L 1, 3.1.1994, p. 3 (the ‘EEA Agreement’).

3() OJ C, C/2024/3021, 30.4.2024.

4() OJ C 160, 5.5.2023, p. 1 (the ‘Notice on a simplified treatment’).

Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË – Tel. +32 22991111

(4) For the reasons set out in the Notice on a simplified treatment, 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 and Article 57 of the EEA Agreement.

For the Commission

(Signed) Olivier GUERSENT Director-General

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