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Document 32010M5783

Decisión de la Comisión, de 02/03/2010 por la que se declara la compatibilidad de una operación de concentración con el mercado común (Asunto no COMP/M.5783 - STATOIL / SVITZER / FTTS (JV)) sobre la base del Reglamento (CE) n.139/2004 del Consejo (El texto en lengua inglesa es el único auténtico)

DO C 56 de 6.3.2010, p. 5–5 (EN)

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32010M5783

Commission Decision of 02/03/2010 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.5783 - STATOIL / SVITZER / FTTS (JV)) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

Official Journal 56 , 06/03/2010 P. 0005 - 0005


|EUROPEAN COMMISSION |

Brussels , 02/03/2010

SG-Greffe(2010) D/2376/2377

PUBLIC VERSION C(2010) 1286

MERGER PROCEDURE ARTICLE 6(1)(b) DECISION

SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURE

To the notifying parties:

Dear Madam(s) and/or Sir(s),

Subject: Case No COMP/M.5783 – STATOIL/ SVITZER/ FTTS (JV) Notification of 29.01.2010 pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 [1] Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No C 30, 06.02.2010, p. 23

1. On 29.01.2010, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the EC Merger Regulation by which the undertakings Statoil South Riding Point, LLC (“SSRP”, USA) belonging to Statoil ASA (“Statoil”, Norway) and Svitzer (Americas) Ltd. ("Svitzer", British Virgin Islands) belonging to the group A.P. Møller – Maersk A/S (“APMM”, Denmark) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the EC Merger Regulation control of the whole of Freepoint Tug & Towing Services, Limited (“FTTS”, The Bahamas) by way of purchase of shares.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

- SSRP: provider of an oil storage and transshipment services;

- Statoil: integrated oil and gas company;

- Svitzer: provider of towage, salvage and other offshore supports services;

- APMM: an international conglomerate, mainly active in maritime transport;

- FTTS: a tugboat operator on the island of Grand Bahama in The Bahamas.

2. After examination of the notification, the European Commission has concluded that the notified operation falls within the scope of the EC 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 [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 common market and with the EEA Agreement. This decision is adopted in application of Article 6(1)(b) of the EC Merger Regulation.

For the Commission, (signed) Alexander ITALIANER Director General

[1] OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the "EC Merger Regulation").

[2] OJ C 56, 05.3.2005, p. 32 ("Notice on a simplified procedure").

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