27.10.2007   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 255/46

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4944 — SAP/Business Objects)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 255/17)

1.

On 22 October 2007, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking SAP AG (‘SAP’, Germany) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Business Objects S.A. (‘BO’, France/USA) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

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for undertaking SAP: enterprise application software solutions,

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for undertaking BO: business analytics software solutions, training and related services.

3.

On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. However, the final decision on this point is reserved.

4.

The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission.

Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax ((32-2) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post, under reference number COMP/M.4944 — SAP/Business Objects, to the following address:

European Commission

Directorate-General for Competition

Merger Registry

J-70

B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.