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Commission Decision of 12/09/2012 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.6670 - BRIDGEPOINT / ORLANDO / LIMONI) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)
Odločba Komisije z dne 12/09/2012 o razglasitvi združljivosti koncentracije s skupnim trgom (Zadeva št. COMP/M.6670 - BRIDGEPOINT / ORLANDO / LIMONI) v skladu z Uredbo Sveta (ES) št. 139/2004 (Besedilo v angleškem jeziku je edino verodostojno)
Odločba Komisije z dne 12/09/2012 o razglasitvi združljivosti koncentracije s skupnim trgom (Zadeva št. COMP/M.6670 - BRIDGEPOINT / ORLANDO / LIMONI) v skladu z Uredbo Sveta (ES) št. 139/2004 (Besedilo v angleškem jeziku je edino verodostojno)
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Commission Decision of 12/09/2012 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.6670 - BRIDGEPOINT / ORLANDO / LIMONI) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)
|EUROPEAN COMMISSION | Brussels, 12.9.2012 C(2012) 6445 final PUBLIC VERSION SIMPLIFIED MERGER PROCEDURE |To the notifying parties: | | | Dear Madam(s) and/or Sir(s), Subject: Case No COMP/M.6670-BRIDGEPOINT / ORLANDO / LIMONI Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 [1] 1. On 14/08/2012, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which the undertakings European Scents S.à.r.l (Luxembourg), belonging to Bridgepoint Advisers Group Limited ("Bridgepoint", United Kingdom), and OI-Beauty S.A. (Luxembourg), controlled by Orlando Italy Management S.A. ("Orlando", Luxembourg), acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the undertaking Limoni S.p.A. ("Limoni", Italy), previously indirectly solely controlled by Bridgepoint, by way of purchase of shares [2] . 2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: - for Bridgepoint: private equity investments and funding; - for Orlando: private equity investments and funding; - for Limoni: retail distribution of perfumes and cosmetic products [3] . 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(c) of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 [4] . 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 252, 22.08.2012, p.8. [3] Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No C 152, 30.5.2012, p. 26. [4] OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32.