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  EUROPEAN COMMISSION  
Brussels, 1.3.2022  
C(2022) 1397 final  
PUBLIC VERSION 
Beijing Shenzhou Aerospace Software Technology Co., Ltd. 
No. 28 Yongfeng Road, Haidian 
District   
Beijing  
China  
 
Dassault Systèmes International SAS  
10 rue Marcel Dassault, CS 40501  
78946 - Vélizy -Villacoublay  
France  
Subject : Case M.10514 - DASSAULT SYSTEMES INTERNATIONAL / SZSW / JV  
Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation 
(EC) No  139/20041 and Article 57 of the Agreement on the European 
Economic Area2  
Dear Sir or Madam,  
1. On 3 February 2022,  the European Commission received notification of a proposed 
concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger  Regulation by which Dassault 
Systemes International SAS (“DSI”, France) and Beijing Shenzhou Aerospace 
Software Technology Co., Ltd (“SZSW ”, China)  acquire wi thin the meaning of 
Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4)  of the Merger Regulation joint  control over the whole of Joint 
Venture (“JV”, China) by way of purchase of shares .3 
2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:  
− for DSI : development and marketing of product life -cycle management (“ PLM ”) 
software, enabling 3D design, engineering, modelling, simulation, data 
management and process management, 
                                                 
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 ‘ Communi ty’ by ‘Union’  and ‘common market ’ by ‘internal market ’. The terminology 
of the TFEU will be used throughout this decision.  
2  OJ L 1, 3.1.1994, p. 3 ( the ‘EEA Agreement ’). 
3  Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No C  72, 14.02.2022, p.10.  

2 − for SZSW : development and marketing of software for various applications, 
including the air a nd space sector, only in China, 
− for he JV: supply of PLM software products and solutions in China, including the 
development of specific applications and the supply of associated services in the 
civil domain.  
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(a) of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of 
certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No  139/2004.4 
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 and Article 57 of 
the EEA Agreement . 
For the Commission  
 
 
(Signed)  
Olivier GUERSENT  
Director -General  
 
                                                 
4  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.