# C_2007116EN.01001601.xml

| 26.5.2007 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 116/16 |
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26.5.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 116/16

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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4628 — Salzgitter/Vallourec Précision Etirage/Werk Zeithain)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 116/10)

| 1. | On 21 May 2007, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking Salzgitter AG (‘Salzgitter’, Germany) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Vallourec Précision Etirage S.A.S. (‘VPE’, France) controlled by Vallourec SA (‘Vallourec’, France) by purchase of shares and over the steel plant of V&M Deutschland GmbH based in Zeithain, (‘Werk Zeithain’, Germany), by way of purchase of assets. |
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On 21 May 2007, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking Salzgitter AG (‘Salzgitter’, Germany) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Vallourec Précision Etirage S.A.S. (‘VPE’, France) controlled by Vallourec SA (‘Vallourec’, France) by purchase of shares and over the steel plant of V&M Deutschland GmbH based in Zeithain, (‘Werk Zeithain’, Germany), by way of purchase of assets.

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| 2. | The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






  — | for Salzgitter: production and sale of various steel products, including steel tubes, and provision of related services; |
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The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

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for Salzgitter: production and sale of various steel products, including steel tubes, and provision of related services;

| — | for Vallourec: production and sale of steel tubes for gas, energy, automotive, petrochemistry and engineering applications; |
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for Vallourec: production and sale of steel tubes for gas, energy, automotive, petrochemistry and engineering applications;

| — | for VPE: production and sale of precision steel tubes; |
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for VPE: production and sale of precision steel tubes;

| — | for Werk Zeithain: production of seamless hollows. |
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for Werk Zeithain: production of seamless hollows.

| 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. |
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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.4628 — Salzgitter/Vallourec Précision Etirage/Werk Zeithain, to the following address:





  European Commission |
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| Directorate-General for Competition |
| Merger Registry |
| J-70 |
| B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel |

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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.4628 — Salzgitter/Vallourec Précision Etirage/Werk Zeithain, to the following address:

European Commission

Directorate-General for Competition

Merger Registry

J-70

B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

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(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.

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