Document ID: 32014M7244
Language: ENG

Important legal notice
| 32014M7244
Commission Decision of 25/06/2014 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.7244 - CHINA HUAXIN POST AND TELECOMMUNICATION ECONOMY DEVELOPMENT CENTER / ALCATEL-LUCENT ENTERPRISE BUSINESS) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)
|EUROPEAN COMMISSION |
Brussels, 25.6.2014
C(2014) 4430 final PUBLIC VERSION
SIMPLIFIED MERGER PROCEDURE
To the notifying party: | |
Dear Madam(s) and/or Sir(s),
Subject: Case M.7244-CHINA HUAXIN POST AND TELECOMMUNICATION ECONOMY DEVELOPMENT CENTER / ALCATEL-LUCENT ENTERPRISE BUSINESS Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 [1]
1. On 27 May 2014, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which the state-owned enterprise China Huaxin Post and Telecommunication Economy Development Center ("China Huaxin"), China, acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the enterprise solutions business of Alcatel-Lucent ("ALE"), France, by way of a purchase of shares [2] .
2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
- for China Huaxin: investments in the information and communication technology sectors; and
- for ALE: providing hardware and software for enterprise communications and network solutions.
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(c) 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 167, 06.06.2014, p. 17.
[3] OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.