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Document 32011M6377
Commission Decision of 30/09/2011 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.6377 - ADVENT / OBERTHUR TECHNOLOGIES) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)
Kommissionens beslut av den 30/09/2011 om att förklara en företagskoncentration förenlig med den gemensamma marknaden (ärende nr COMP/M.6377 - ADVENT / OBERTHUR TECHNOLOGIES) på grundval av rådets förordning (EG) nr 139/2004. (Endast den engelska texten är giltig)
Kommissionens beslut av den 30/09/2011 om att förklara en företagskoncentration förenlig med den gemensamma marknaden (ärende nr COMP/M.6377 - ADVENT / OBERTHUR TECHNOLOGIES) på grundval av rådets förordning (EG) nr 139/2004. (Endast den engelska texten är giltig)
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32011M6377
Commission Decision of 30/09/2011 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.6377 - ADVENT / OBERTHUR TECHNOLOGIES) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)
|EUROPEAN COMMISSION | Brussels , 30/09/2011 C(2011) 7144 PUBLIC VERSION SIMPLIFIED MERGER PROCEDURE To the notifying party: | | Dear Madam(s) and/or Sir(s), Subject: Case No COMP/M.6377 - Advent/ Oberthur Technologies Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 [1] 1. On 01.09.2011, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which the undertaking Advent International Corporation ("Advent", USA) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of parts of the undertaking Oberthur Technologies S.A. ("Oberthur Technologies", France) by way of purchase of shares [2] . 2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: - for Advent: private equity investment; - for Oberthur Technologies produces smart cards and is active in (i) card systems, and (ii) identity. 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(b) of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 [3] . 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 268, 10.09.2011, p.6 [3] OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32.