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REGULATION (EC) No 139/2004 MERGER PROCEDURE
Article 6(1)(b) NON-OPPOSITION Date: 01/08/2008
In electronic form on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32008M5234
Office for Official Publications of the European Communities L-2985 Luxembourg
COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Brussels, 01-VIII-2008 SG-Greffe(2008) D/204990 C(2008) 4286
PUBLIC VERSION
MERGER PROCEDURE ARTICLE 6(1)(b) DECISION
SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURE
To the notifying parties
Dear Madam(s) and/or Sir(s),
1.On 04.07.2008, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 by which the undertaking Thomas Cook France S.A.S ("Thomas Cook France", France) belonging to the Thomas Cook Group plc ("Thomas Cook", United Kingdom) which is controlled by the Arcandor AG group ("Arcandor", Germany) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Jet Tours S.A. ("Jet Tours", France) by way of purchase of shares.
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
-- for Thomas Cook: international tourism company active in the leisure travel sector;
-- for Jet Tours: tourism company active in France.
1OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Commission europÈenne, B-1049 Bruxelles / Europese Commissie, B-1049 Brussel - Belgium. Telephone: (32-2) 299 11 11.
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 paragraph 5, subparagraph(s) (c)(i) and (c)(ii) of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 .
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
2OJ C 56, 05.3.2005, p.32.
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