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Case No COMP/M.3430 - UTC / EADS REVIMA

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REGULATION (EEC) No 4064/89 MERGER PROCEDURE

Article 6(1)(b) NON-OPPOSITION Date: 03/06/2004

Also available in the CELEX database Document No 304M3430

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

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

Brussels, 03/06/2004

SG-Greffe(2004) D/202245

MERGER PROCEDURE ARTICLE 6(1)(b) DECISION

SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURE

PUBLIC VERSION

To the notifying parties

Dear Sirs,

Subject: Case No. COMP/M.3430 - UTC/ EADS Revima / JV Notification of 28.04.2004 pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 4064/89, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1310/97 Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No. C 133, 11/05/2004, page 15

1.On 28/04/2004, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1310/97, by which the undertakings United Technologies Corporation (ìUTCî, United States of America) and EADS Revima SA (ìEADS Revimaî, France) ultimately controlled by the undertaking European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company EADS N.V. (ìEADSî, The Netherlands) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of the undertaking EADS Revima APU SAS (ìJVî, France) by way of purchase of shares.

1OJ L 395, 30.12.1989 p. 1; corrigendum: OJ L 257, 21.9.1990, p. 13.

2OJ L 180, 9. 7. 1997, p. 1; corrigendum OJ L 40, 13.2.1998, p. 17.

3OJ L 395, 30.12.1989 p. 1; corrigendum: OJ L 257, 21.9.1990, p. 13.

4OJ L 180, 9. 7. 1997, p. 1; corrigendum OJ L 40, 13.2.1998, p. 17.

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

2.The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

-- UTC: flight systems, jet engines, elevators, ventilation, fuel cells and security products.

-- EADS Revima: maintenance, repair and overhaul of landing gear for commercial transport aircrafts.

-- EADS: Airbus, military transport aircraft, aeronautics, defense and security systems and space equipment.

-- JV: maintenance, repair and overhaul of auxiliary power units for commercial transport aircrafts.

3.After examination of the notification, the Commission has concluded that the notified operation falls within the scope of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 4064/89 and of paragraph 4, subparagraph b of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89.

4.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 (EEC) No. 4064/89.

For the Commission

(Signed)

Mario MONTI Member of the Commission

5OJ C 217, 29.07.2000, p. 32.

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