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REGULATION (EEC) No 4064/89 MERGER PROCEDURE

Article 6(1)(b) NON-OPPOSITION Date: 02/08/2002

Also available in the CELEX database Document No 302M2808

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

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

Brussels, 02/08/2002

SG (2002) D/231074 -75

PUBLIC VERSION

MERGER PROCEDURE ARTICLE 6(1)(b) DECISION

SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURE

To the notifying parties

Dear Madams and/or Sirs,

Subject: Case No. COMP/M.2808 ñ BLSI/GeoPost Notification of BLSI/GeoPost pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 14064/89 Publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities No. C 163, 09/07/2002, page 5.

1.On 4 July 2002, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 by which the undertaking GeoPost S.A. (ìGeoPostî; France) belonging to the group La Poste (France) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of the undertaking Masterlink Express Sp. Z.o.o. (ìMasterlinkî; Poland) controlled by Baltic Logistic System International AB (ìBLSIî; Sweden) belonging to the group Posten (Sweden) by way of purchase of shares.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

1OJ L 395, 30.12.1989 p. 1; corrected version OJ L 257 of 21.9.1990, p. 13, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1310/97, OJ L 180, 9.7.1997, p. 1, corrigendum in OJ L 40, 13.2.1998, p. 17.

2OJ L 395, 30.12.1989 p. 1; corrigendum OJ L 257 of 21.9.1990, p. 13; Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1310/97 (OJ 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.

-- for undertaking GeoPost: holding company of La Poste for the subsidiaries which provide rapid and express document, parcel and freight delivery services in France and several other European countries.

-- for undertaking BLSI: holding company of Posten AB for the subsidiaries engaged in domestic and international parcel services in the Baltic States, Poland and Russia.

-- for undertaking Masterlink: domestic and international rapid parcel services and domestic express parcel services in Poland.

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 a of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 .

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

Mario MONTI Member of the Commission

3OJ C 217, 29.07.2000, p. 32.

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