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Document 32010M5959
Commission Decision of 03/09/2010 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.5959 - CARLYLE / NBTY) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)
Id-Deċiżjoni tal-Kummissjoni ta' 03/09/2010 li tiddikjara konċentrazzjoni hija kompatibbli mas-suq komuni (il-Każ Nru COMP/M.5959 - CARLYLE / NBTY) skond ir-Regolament tal-Kunsill (KE) Nru 139/2004 (It-test bl-Ingliż biss huwa awtentiku)
Id-Deċiżjoni tal-Kummissjoni ta' 03/09/2010 li tiddikjara konċentrazzjoni hija kompatibbli mas-suq komuni (il-Każ Nru COMP/M.5959 - CARLYLE / NBTY) skond ir-Regolament tal-Kunsill (KE) Nru 139/2004 (It-test bl-Ingliż biss huwa awtentiku)
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32010M5959
Commission Decision of 03/09/2010 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.5959 - CARLYLE / NBTY) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)
(.PICT.) |EUROPEAN COMMISSION | Brussels , 3.9.2010 SG-Greffe(2010)D/13634 PUBLIC VERSION C(2010) 6191 MERGER PROCEDURE ARTICLE 6(1)(b) DECISION SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURE To the notifying party: | | | | Dear Madam(s) and/or Sir(s), Subject: Case No COMP/M.5959 – CARLYLE/ NBTY Notification of 06.08.2010 pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 [1] Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No C 219, 13.08.2010, p.18 1. On 06.08.2010, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which The Carlyle Group ("Carlyle", USA) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking NTBY, Inc. ("NTBY", USA) by way of public bid announced on 15 July 2010. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: - Carlyle: private global investment firm; - NTBY: vitamins and nutritional supplements. 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(c) 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.