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Case No COMP/M.5024 - TUI / ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES / JV
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REGULATION (EC) No 139/2004 MERGER PROCEDURE
Article 6(1)(b) NON-OPPOSITION Date: 07/03/2008
In electronic form on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32008M5024
Office for Official Publications of the European Communities L-2985 Luxembourg
COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Brussels, 07-III-2008
SG-Greffe(2008) 201022
PUBLIC VERSION
MERGER PROCEDURE ARTICLE 6(1)(b) DECISION
SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURE
To the Notifying parties:
Dear Sir/Madam,
1.1. On 6 February 2008, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 by which the undertakings TUI AG ("TUI", Germany) and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ("RCL", USA) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of the undertaking TUI Cruises GmbH ("TUI Cruises", Germany) by way of purchase of shares in a newly created company constituting a joint venture.
2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
-- for TUI : shipping and tourism,
-- for RCL : organisation and provision of cruises,
-- for TUI Cruises : organisation and provision of cruises to German-speaking customers.
3.3. 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
1 OJ L 24, 29.1.2004 p. 1.
Commission europÈenne, B-1049 Bruxelles / Europese Commissie, B-1049 Brussel - Belgium. Telephone: (32-2) 299 11 11.
paragraph 5, subparagraph (c) of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for
treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/20042.
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 (EC) No. 139/2004.
For the Commission signed Philip LOWE Director General
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