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Document 32012M6580
Commission Decision of 07/06/2012 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.6580 - EXPERIAN / CERVED / EXPERIAN-CERVED INFORMATION SERVICES) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)
Odločba Komisije z dne 07/06/2012 o razglasitvi združljivosti koncentracije s skupnim trgom (Zadeva št. COMP/M.6580 - EXPERIAN / CERVED / EXPERIAN-CERVED INFORMATION SERVICES) v skladu z Uredbo Sveta (ES) št. 139/2004 (Besedilo v angleškem jeziku je edino verodostojno)
Odločba Komisije z dne 07/06/2012 o razglasitvi združljivosti koncentracije s skupnim trgom (Zadeva št. COMP/M.6580 - EXPERIAN / CERVED / EXPERIAN-CERVED INFORMATION SERVICES) v skladu z Uredbo Sveta (ES) št. 139/2004 (Besedilo v angleškem jeziku je edino verodostojno)
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- Date of document:
- 07/06/2012
- Date of effect:
- 07/06/2012; začetek veljavnosti datum obvestila
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- Author:
- Evropska komisija, Generalni direktorat za konkurenco
- Responsible body:
- Directorate-General for Competition, COMPETITION
- Form:
- Sklep
- Addressee:
- EXPERIAN HOLDING ITALIA S.A.R.L., EXPERIAN INFORMATION SERVICES S.P.A., CERVED HOLDING S.P.A.
- Additional information:
- NACE=K64.09.09 (See 32006R1893)
- Authentic language:
- angleščina
- Treaty:
- Pogodba o delovanju Evropske unije
- Legal basis:
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- 32004R0139 - A06P1b
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- 08.40.00.00 Politika konkurence / Koncentracije
32012M6580
Commission Decision of 07/06/2012 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.6580 - EXPERIAN / CERVED / EXPERIAN-CERVED INFORMATION SERVICES) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)
|EUROPEAN COMMISSION | Brussels , 7.6.2012 C(2012) 3872 final PUBLIC VERSION To the notifying parties: | | SIMPLIFIED MERGER PROCEDURE Dear Madam(s) and/or Sir(s), Subject: Case No COMP/M.6580 EXPERIAN / CERVED / EXPERIAN-CERVED INFORMATION SERVICES Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 [1] 1. On 7 May 2012, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which the undertakings Experian Holding Italia Srl (‘Experian’, Italy) and Cerved Holding SpA (‘Cerved’), acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of Experian-Cerved Information Services SpA (‘Experian-Cerved’, Italy) by way of purchase of shares in a newly created company constituting a joint venture. 2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: - Experian: credit bureau services; collection and marketing of business information collected from publicly available sources; software solutions and marketing services for data management, credit risk assessment, credit collection and fraud management; pedestrian counting-centric business information solutions used to monitor the customers behaviours, - Cerved: collection, processing and marketing of information services used to support organisations in managing credit risk, assessing credit worthiness, creating target lists for marketing purposes and studying market positioning; credit evaluation, credit management and asset management; credit collection, - Experian-Cerved: credit bureau services [2] . 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(a) of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 [3] . 4. For the reasons set out in the Notice on a simplified procedure, 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. For the Commission (signed) Alexander ITALIANER Director General [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] Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No C 140, 16.05.2012, p.3 [3] OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32.
