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Document 32011M6071
Commission Decision of 17/02/2011 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.6071 - INEOS / INEOS NOVA) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)
Entscheidung der Kommission vom 17/02/2011 zur Vereinbarkeit eines Zusammenschlusses mit dem Gemeinsamen Markt (Fall COMP/M.6071 - INEOS / INEOS NOVA) gemäß der Verordnung (EG) Nr. 139/2004 des Rates (Nur der englische Text ist verbindlich)
Entscheidung der Kommission vom 17/02/2011 zur Vereinbarkeit eines Zusammenschlusses mit dem Gemeinsamen Markt (Fall COMP/M.6071 - INEOS / INEOS NOVA) gemäß der Verordnung (EG) Nr. 139/2004 des Rates (Nur der englische Text ist verbindlich)
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32011M6071
Commission Decision of 17/02/2011 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.6071 - INEOS / INEOS NOVA) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)
|EUROPEAN COMMISSION | Brussels , 16/02/2011 SG-Greffe(2011) D/2334 C(2011) 1130 final PUBLIC VERSION MERGER PROCEDURE ARTICLE 6(1)(b) DECISION PUBLIC VERSION SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURE To the notifying party: Dear Madam(s) and/or Sir(s), Subject: Case No COMP/M.6071 - INEOS/ INEOS NOVA Notification of 17/01/2011 pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 [1] Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No C 24, 26/01/2011 p.21 1. On 17/01/2011, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which the undertaking INEOS Industries Holdings Limited (United Kingdom) belonging to the INEOS group of companies ("INEOS", Switzerland) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of INEOS NOVA (Switzerland) by way of purchase of shares. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: - for INEOS : global manufacturer of petrochemicals, specialty chemicals and oil products. - for INEOS NOVA : manufacturer of styrene monomer, polystyrene and expanded polystyrene and certain related products 2. 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(d) of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 [2] . 3. 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] OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32.